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RONALD JOHN JENSEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 15, 1933 – November 10, 1968
Service recordRonald John Jensen, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 44
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 15, 1933
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 44
- GEORGE WILLIAM HOLLCorporal · November 10, 1968
- LARRY RALPH LALANSpecialist Four · November 10, 1968
- MICHAEL CARMELO MANNINASpecialist Four · November 10, 1968
- WILLIAM MILLER JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.