David Wayne Jorgensen

Private First Class
M CO, 3RD BN, 26TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
21 July 1949 - 19 June 1968
Hilliard, Ohio
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3RD MARDIV

26TH MARINES 		Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for David Wayne Jorgensen

19 Mar 2002

This memorial was initiated by the
Vietnam Veterans of America,
Chapter 55,
Licking County, Ohio.

20 Sep 2004

SEMPER FI
from David Neil Jorgensen in Denver, CO
former Marine Sergeant 1986-93.

Sgt David Neil Jorgensen
4341 Ceylon St, Denver Co 80249
davejorg67@hotmail.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall

From the 3/26 Command Chronology for June 1968:
18 June 1968:
     At 0700H, Company M, while providing security for the Thuong Duc motor convoys received several 60mm mortar rounds vic (ZC 193559). Intense artillery fire was returned but results could not be observed. Results were 2 USMC KIA and 5 USMC WIA.
Three men died as a result of the incident described above - two at once, and one the following day:
  • Pfc Ronnie D. Davis, Pleasant Plains, IL;
  • Pfc Jimmie F. Gentry, Little Rock, AR; and
  • Pfc David W. Jorgensen, Hilliard, OH (WIA, DoW 06/19/1968)


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
his comrades-in-arms,
Vietnam Veterans Of America, Chapter 55
P. O. Box 624, Newark, Ohio 43058
vva55@netzero.net
 19 Mar 2002


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