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TERANCE KAY JENSEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 14, 1932 – July 1, 1965
Service recordTerance Kay Jensen, of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 1, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 26
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 14, 1932
- Home of record
- Detroit Lakes, Minnesota (Becker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1965
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 26
- JOSEPH E PARKER JRMajor · June 30, 1965
- BERNARD EMERSON TURNERPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- PAUL RALPH WINDLECaptain · June 30, 1965
- GORDON JAMES DEITZ JRPrivate First Class · July 4, 1965
From Detroit Lakes
- DARRELL WAYNE HANSONCorporal · June 2, 1970
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.