Audubon County

Herluf Valdemar Jensen

 

 

Iowa’s Honor Roll

Here are more Iowans who have been killed in action. The final line beneath each picture gives the geographical location in which the man was serving. Additional Honor Roll pictures will be carried on future Sundays.

Source: The Des Moines Register, Sunday, December 19, 1943 (photo included)

Herluf Valdemar Jensen was born Nov. 23, 1910 to Anders and Anne Simonsen Jensen. He died Oct. 16, 1942 and is buried in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Kimballton, IA.

Petty Officer Jensen served in World War II with the U.S. Navy Seabees and was KIA while serving with Naval Construction Battalion 6 on Guadalcanal.

Source: ancestry.com