The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., September 28, 1950, page 1

RICHARD JENSEN KILLED ON BATTLE FIELD IN KOREA

     The Korean war has taken another Klickitat County youth's life -- Richard Jensen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Jensen of Bickleton. The War Department notified Mr. and Mrs. Jensen that Richard was killed while in the line of duty in Korea on Sept. 3, 1950.
     Richard was born April 4, 1932 and raised on his parents farm in Bickleton. He attended school in Bickleton until his senior year, when he moved with his parents and twin brother, Ronald to Grandview.
     He started to school in Grandview in the fall of 1949, but made up his mind he wanted to join the armed forces and enlisted in September and was sent to Fort Ord, California, for his initial training. He was later transferred to Camp Stoneman, and assigned to the Transportation Corp. In July he "shipped out" for Japan and was among the first troop to go into battle in Korea.
     He leaves his parents, twin brother Ronald of Grandview, a brother Sherman of Bickleton and one sister Mrs. Marian Hiltellis of Palo Alto, Calif.

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