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Personal info

Full name
JENSEN, Ralph Frederick
Date of birth
19 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Springwater, Waushara County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Taylor County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36274424
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Manhay area, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 8 30

Immediate family

Members
Frederick C. Jensen (father)
Margaret Jensen (mother)
Mary E. Jensen (sister)
Donald C. Jensen (brother)
Arthur R. Jensen (brother)
Arnold E. Jensen (brother)
Edith Jensen (sister)

More information

T/Sgt Ralph F. Jensen enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 13 October 1942.

First buried at Block XX, Row 6, Grave 114.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Jensen Family Tree / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet