JENSEN RANDY K

CPT Randy K. Jensen was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 11/26/1981 at the age of 32.0 from A/C accident
Sierra Vista, AZ
Flight Classes 70-1 and 69-49
Date of Birth 11/10/1949
Served in the U.S. Army
This information was provided by Rodger Asai, SSN search

More detail on this person: Captain Randy K. Jensen who was one of six to eventually die from the crash of an HH-63 helicopter that crashed near Grants, NM on September 29, 1981. Four died immediately. He and another received burns over 80% of their bodies and tend to be omitted from crash fatality stories even though they did not live to the end of that year.

He died on November 26, 1981 and is buried at Pleasant Grove City Cemetery, UT which shows the same birth date at you show (Nov 10, 1949) and middle name: Kiel.

The story that ran which listed him as injured showed his home town at the time to be Sierra Vista, AZ.

The other survivor, Sgt. Robert E. Hoon, died just two days after the crash on Oct. 1st.

From: Rodger Asai

This information was last updated 05/18/2016

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Date posted on this site: 03/10/2024


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