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Personal info

Full name
JENSEN, Harold Christian
Date of birth
22 August 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36334100
Rank
Private
Function
Light Machine Gunner
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Thonville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 12 14

Immediate family

Members
Christian C. Jensen (father)
Martha J. (Fossum) Jensen (mother)
Paul Jensen (brother)
Allen Jensen (brother)
Ethel Jensen (sister)
Hertha Jensen (wife)
Fred Jensen (son)

More information

Pvt Harold C. Jensen was a shipping clerk before he enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 29 April 1942.

Harold Jensen was killed by artillery shell fragments in his neck.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. Draft Cards Young Man
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Delphine Richter Thomas / Tritt Girl