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John Jenson

15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
The Scandinavian Regiment

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Name at Enlist

John Jenson

Birth Name
Lived

Company at Enlistment

K

Rank at Enlistment

Private

Cause of Death

killed

Death Location

VA

John Jenson joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company K as a Private (Menig). The company called itself “Clausen’s Guards” in honor of the 15th’s first Chaplain, Claus L. Clausen. Most of the company was recruited from Scandinavian communities in MN and IA, with the rest from WI. He was one of four brothers. He was killed in VA.

Sources: Freeborn County Historical Society, Albert Lea, MN.