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CHESTER GALE JORDAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 28, 1944 – May 3, 1967
Service recordChester Gale Jordan, of Arlington, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 27
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Arlington, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 27
- JOEL CHARLES KERVINPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- DAVID BRUCE KOENIGLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY KRUGER JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ROY NANCE MANNSSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH CAUDILLOCaptain · Panel 19E, Line 22
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 25
- CHARLES FRANKLIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 26
- RALPH EDWARD MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 29
- GLENDELL MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 29
- LEE HENDERSON RUSSSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 32
From Arlington
- DENNIS BOYD EASLEYSecond Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- PAT WELDON MCGEESergeant · December 5, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN LASHERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- SCOTTY LEE KEYESCorporal · September 1, 1967
- JOHN DARRACOTT HEFLINPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT PERRY MILLS JRLieutenant · November 2, 1967
- EUGENE LUNSFORD CLAYStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES CANTWELLPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
- GARY GENE GORDONCorporal · July 28, 1968
- RICHARD HUNTMajor · August 20, 1968
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.