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WILLIAM NORMAN JENSEN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 1, 1948 – May 22, 1970
Service recordWilliam Norman Jensen JR, of Grants Pass, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Grants Pass, Oregon (Josephine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 81
- RICHARD ANDREW LARSONCaptain · May 22, 1970
- ROBERT FRANK MARTHALERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1970
- RICHARD W MEACHAM JRCaptain · May 22, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES REILLYWarrant Officer 1 · May 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES F ARMENTROUTSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 78
- JOSEPH ANTHONY CERIOCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 78
- NORMAN ANTHONY EMINETHSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 79
- MAXIMILIANO DAVILA-TORRESSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 80
- PEDRO HERRINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 80
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM THEISStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 83
From Grants Pass
- GROVER KONARD OLSONPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- ROBERT LEE VESTSergeant · November 5, 1966
- JOHN FREDERICK FLEMINGSpecialist Four · April 29, 1967
- STEPHEN LOUIS HOCKPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- CECIL LEE JONESPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- ROBERT BRUCE THOMPSONCorporal · April 20, 1968
- GREGORY JOE STAPLESPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- RODNEY WALTER PETERSPetty Officer First Class · November 1, 1968
- FERROL SHANE SMITHPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
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.