In HONOR and MEMORY Of Fellow USMC and CORPSMAN INDIVIDUALS
                                                                          Updated October 25, 2022

                  Sgt. Alan Theodore "Al" Jensen
                                         August 12, 1942  - October 17, 1967

                       [Also see PHOTOGRAPHS FROM OTHERS  Sgt Alan Theodore "Al" JENSEN]

    
                                 
                  Sgt Livingston Left                    Sgt Alan Jensen 1st Force Recon Co.
                  Sgt Jensen Right                              1967
                  Dong Din OP - July 1967

     Alan was born on August 12, 1942 in Illinois to Theodore and Mary Jensen.

     He was killed in action in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam on October 17, 1967.
    
     Sgt. Jensen was interred November 6, 1967, in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia
     in Section 33 Site 8927.



                                      


                      


    
               1st Force Recon Team PETRIFY  Danang   October 15-19 1968
 
                 Patrol Members
    
                SSgt P.E. LONG Patrol Leader
                Cpl Charles D. "Will" WILKINS
                Donald S. CRUZ
                L.R. GAINEY
                Greg J. KLEVEN   (WIA Serious)
                T.A. HENSLEY (WIA Serious)
                PFC Harold S. ADAMS   (WIA Serious)
                Officer - J. KELLY

                Sgt Alan Theodore JENSEN Asst. Patrol Leader  (KIA 17-Oct-67)
                Harold E. LANSBURG,
                T.A. WILLINGHAM
                G.A. MOFFETT
                LCpl Jerry Frederick DEGRAY  (KIA 11-Oct-67)
                D.G. CHILSON
                HM Paul B. "Doc" ROSHONG
                D.M. WOO

                  
                Operation Order 563-67  < < <Full After Action Link

          Note: Alans's normal Patrol Leader was Sgt Livingston who was in the Philippines at the time of this patrol.

Added October 25, 2022 From below email on team Petrify email from Jay Fitzpatrick (aka Cpl Pitz) G 2/7

Back in November ’67 I was with Golf 2/7 on a hill northwest of Da Nang when RT Petrify got into some bad shit a few clicks north of us. I was volunteered to take my squad up highway 1 to secure a downed chopper and help evacuate the team.  When we got there, there were already other marines in place and we were assigned a section of the LZ to secure. When the team was finally evacuated including KIA and WIA, I started back to my company but saw all these pieces of a “C” ration box left behind with the entire radio communication with Petrify. For no other reason than keeping it out of enemy hands, I grab them up and held onto them for over 50 years. Attach you will find a small sample of the communications from the beginning of the fight to the end including team members KIA and WIA and everything that went down. Thought you might find this interesting.
Semper Fi Jay Fitzpatrick,
aka Cpl. Fitz G 2/7

                                                   “C” ration box left behind with the entire radio communication with Petrify.

 


       To Our Brother, Sgt. Alan Theodore "Al" Jensen USMC, Semper Fi and Rest in Peace!
        

 
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