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. This information was last updated 05/18/2016
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03/10/2024
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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