Vernon B. Jensen

World War II
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Fallen

County:
Burke

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Flight Officer

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
82nd Troop Carrier Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
436th Troop Carrier Group

Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater

Circumstances:

He was a glider pilot in support of the D-Day landings at Normandy in what was known as Glider Operation Neptune.

Biography:

born Aneta, NDak 28 Sep 12; resident Burke County, NDak; entered AUS Lubbock, Tex 23 Oct 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 6 Jun 44 France; buried in Grave 14150, Block 24, Section C, Ft Snelling National Cemetery, Mpls, Minn.