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Personal info

Full name
JENSEN, Willis Andrus
Date of birth
14 March 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Huntsville, Weber County, Utah
Hometown
Marion, Summit County, Utah

Military service

Service number
39934734
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Near Boppard, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 7 7

Immediate family

Members
Hyrum A. Jensen (father)
Ann E. (Andrus) Jensen (mother)
Elena A. Jensen (sister)
Elaine A. Jensen (sister)
Mildred A. Jensen (sister)
Jacob A. Jensen (brother)
William A. Jensen (brother)
Willard A. Jensen (brother)
Elizabeth M. Jensen (sister)
Milo A. Jensen (brother)

More information

Pfc Willis A. Jensen worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Douglas, Utah on 29 August 1944.

He was killed by mortar shell fire.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Goodworth Jensen Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Willis Jensen, www.newspapers.com – The Ogden Standard Examiner Utah - 27 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Willis Jensen, www.ancestry.com - goodstac