Our Queen
Anne
Classmates
Who Gave Their Lives In Vietnam
Rolf
Jorgensen
LCPL - US Marines
Class of 1963
Roll Council, French Club, Afex,
Track, Boys Club
Died: July 20, 1966
Quang Tri, South Vietnam
Rolf Jorgensen buttons his shirt on a morning in
Vietnam. According to his brother Fred, QA '60, the photo was taken by Rolf's
sergeant, who was with Rolf the night he was killed.
Seattle Marine Killed In South Viet Nam Action
(This is a transcription of news
article supplied by Fred Jorgenson, '60.)
Rolf W. Jorgensen, 21, of Seattle, a lance corporal in the Marine Corps, was
killed in Operation Hastings in South Viet Nam on 20 Jul (1966). He suffered a
fatal head injury in enemy action while serving with the Second Battalion, First
Marines. Young Jorgensen had less than 60 days service left before he was
expected to return to the United States. He left Seattle in March of 1965. A
native of Seattle, Corporal Jorgensen attended Lawton Grade School, Catherine
Blaine Junior High School and graduated from Queen Anne High School in 1963.
Shortly after that he joined the Marine Corps. He received Marine training at
San Diego and Camp Pendleton CA. He was on Okinawa with the 1st Marine Air Craft
Wing and after leave in Seattle, he joined the First Marines and went to Viet
Nam. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. N. A. Todd, of Honolulu; two brothers,
Cpl. Lee M. Jorgensen, U. S. Marines, now stationed at Marine Air Station El
Toro CA; and Fred Jorgensen of Seattle; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Magnus Almaas, Seattle.