Gotfred Jensen
{{short description|United States Army Medal of Honor recipient}}
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{{Infobox military person
|name=Gotfred Jensen
|birth_date= {{Birth date|1872|11|20}}
|death_date= {{Death date and age|1945|12|26|1872|11|20}}
|birth_place=Denmark
|death_place=Soap Lake, Washington, U.S.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/gotfred-jensen|title=GOTFRED JENSEN|website=cmohs.org|publisher=Congressional Medal of Honor Society|access-date=January 12, 2025}}
|placeofburial= Veteran's Home Cemetery, Port Orchard, Washington
|placeofburial_label= Place of burial
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|allegiance=United States
|branch= United States Army
|serviceyears=
|rank= Sergeant
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|unit=Young's Scouts
1st North Dakota Volunteer Infantry
|battles=Philippine–American War
|awards=Medal of Honor
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Gotfred Jensen (November 20, 1872 in Denmark – December 26, 1945) was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Philippine–American War. He was a member of Young's Scouts and was one of thirteen Scouts awarded the Medal between 16 and May 19, 1899. Sergeant Jensen is buried in Veteran's Home Cemetery in Port Orchard, Washington.
Medal of Honor citation
Rank and Organization: Private, Company D, 1st North Dakota Volunteer Infantry. Place and Date: At San Miguel de Mayumo, Luzon, Philippine Islands, May 13, 1899. Entered Service At: Devils Lake, N. Dak. Birth: Denmark. Date of Issue: June 6, 1906.
Citation:
With 11 other scouts, without waiting for the supporting battalion to aid them or to get into a position to do so, charged over a distance of about 150 yards and completely routed about 300 of the enemy, who were in line and in a position that could only be carried by a frontal attack.{{Cite web|accessdate = December 2, 2007
|url = http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/philippine.html
|title = Gotfred Jensen, Medal of Honor recipient
|work = Philippine Insurrection
|publisher = United States Army Center of Military History
|date = June 8, 2009
|archive-date = April 20, 2008
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080420212952/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/philippine.html
|url-status = dead
}}
See also
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References
- {{Cite web
|accessdate = December 2, 2007
|url = http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/philippine.html
|title = Gotfred Jensen, Medal of Honor recipient
|work = Philippine Insurrection
|publisher = United States Army Center of Military History
|date = June 8, 2009
|archive-date = April 20, 2008
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080420212952/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/philippine.html
|url-status = dead
}}
- {{Cite web
|accessdate=December 2, 2007
|url=http://www.homeofheroes.com/gravesites/states/pages_go/jensen_gotfred_wa.html
|title=Gravesite for Gotfred Jensen
|website=HomeofHeroes.com
|publisher=C. Douglas Sterner
|date=}}
- {{Cite web
|accessdate=December 2, 2007
|url=http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/citations_1900_wars/pi_jensen.html
|title=Medal of Honor citation for Gotfred Jensen
|website=HomeofHeroes.com
|publisher=C. Douglas Sterner
|date=}}
- {{Cite web|access-date=September 29, 2010 |url=http://www.prairiepublic.org/programs/datebook/bydate/05/0505/051305.jsp |title=Prairie Public.Org: Radio: Radio Home at www.prairiepublic.org Prairie Public programs |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014213150/http://www.prairiepublic.org/programs/datebook/bydate/05/0505/051305.jsp |archive-date=October 14, 2008 }}
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Category:United States Army soldiers
Category:Danish emigrants to the United States
Category:United States Army Medal of Honor recipients
Category:American military personnel of the Philippine–American War
Category:People from Ramsey County, North Dakota
Category:Foreign-born Medal of Honor recipients
Category:Philippine–American War recipients of the Medal of Honor
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