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ARTHUR L JORDON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 16, 1945 – April 29, 1968
Service recordArthur L Jordon, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 2
- HARLEY JOHN JENKSCorporal · April 29, 1968
- ANDREW JOHN JOBEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- LEROY JOHNSONCorporal · April 29, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM JOHNSON JRSergeant · April 29, 1968
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.