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TERRY ROY JENS JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 4, 1947 – August 12, 1968
Service recordTerry Roy Jens JR, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 54
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 54
- MILTON COOKSergeant · August 12, 1968
- JAN VICTOR HENRICKSONSergeant · August 12, 1968
- STANLEY GENE HOLTONSpecialist Four · August 12, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE KENTPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- RONALD PAUL LEELance Corporal · August 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARNOLD WAYNE LUKECaptain · Panel 48W, Line 1
- ARTURO DANIEL MONTIONSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 1
- GERALD ANTHONY WILSONSpecialist Five · Panel 48W, Line 4
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.