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First Name: Reed

Last Name: Jensen

Birthplace:

Gender: Male

Branch: Army (1784 - present)



Home of Record: Salt Lake City, UT
Middle Name: George



Date of Birth: 26 January 1926

Date of Death: 28 July 1964

Rank: Major

Years Served:
Reed George Jensen

   
Graduate, U.S. Military Academy, Class of 1949

Engagements:
•  Korean War (1950 - 1953)
•  Vietnam War (1960 - 1973)

Biography:

Cullum # 17281. Commissioned a 2LT of Infantry upon graduation from the USMA on 7 June 1949.

Service during the Korean War; 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division.

Killed in action (KIA) in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. One of 6 members of the USMA class of 1949 to die in Vietnam. One of 337 USMA graduates to die or who are MIA in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.

Final resting place - his alma mater, the USMA at West Point, NY.



Honoree ID: 255985   Created by: MHOH

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