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GEORGE HENRY JOURDENAIS
Major · U.S. Air Force
April 13, 1938 – April 1, 1967
Service recordGeorge Henry Jourdenais, of Central Falls, Rhode Island, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 1, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 557 TFS
- Born
- April 13, 1938
- Home of record
- Central Falls, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “557 TFS”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17E, Line 86
- LLOYD BURNEY MAGBYStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1967
- ALLEN STANLEY MICANSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- WILLIAM SHELTON MORTIBOYCorporal · April 1, 1967
- VICTOR EUGENE PRESSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM STANLEYCaptain · Panel 17E, Line 88
From Central Falls
- WILLIAM THOMAS CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · April 10, 1964
- ALBERT GABRIEL ANTERPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- FRANCIS JOHN THIBEAULTPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE MENCONISecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1968
- JOSEPH PETER MISIASZEKPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- PATRICK MICHAEL FARLEYCorporal · October 1, 1968
- ALBERT WILLIAM HASLAMSpecialist Four · March 15, 1970
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.