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Personal info

Full name
JENSEN, Marvin Vernon
Date of birth
4 February 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Crawford, Sioux County, Nebraska
Hometown
Gordon, Douglas County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36295974
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
Near Bensheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 46 12

Immediate family

Members
Christian Jensen (father)
Margaret Jensen (mother)
Rosa Jensen (sister)
Julia Jensen (sister)
Soren Jensen (brother)
Carl Jensen (brother)
Melvin Jensen (brother)

More information

Pfc Marvin V. Jensen worked on a farm before he enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 8 January 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1920 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
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