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NAME Bernard Charles Jensen |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER O-16452 |
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| UNIT VMSB-141 Pilot |
HOME OF RECORD 107 Ricardo Avenue Piedmont, CA |
NEXT OF KIN Wife, Mrs. Esther H. Jensen |
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| DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1923 at Minneapolis, MN |
ENTERED SERVICE December 15, 1942 (commissioned) at Corpus Christi |
DATE OF LOSS May 11, 1943 |
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| REGION Vanuatu (New Hebrides) |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Espiritu Santo |
CASUALTY TYPE Non-battle death |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Second Lieutenant Bernard C. Jensen was a scout-bomber pilot assigned to VMSB-141, stationed at Espiritu Santo.On 11 May 1943, while on an authorized non-combat flight, Lt. Jensen’s aircraft crashed at sea three miles offshore of Mafia (Mavia) Island. The pilot died in the accident, and his body could not be recovered. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS — |
LAST KNOWN RANK Second Lieutenant |
STATUS OF REMAINS Not recovered. |
MEMORIALS Honolulu Memorial |
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