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GRADY MERRIL JORDAN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 25, 1915 – December 24, 1967
Service recordGrady Merril Jordan, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 52. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 56
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 169 ENG BN 159 ENG GRP
- Born
- July 25, 1915
- Home of record
- Ypsilanti, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1967
- Age
- 52
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 56
- MICHAEL BERNARD SWEENEYSecond Lieutenant · December 24, 1967
- MATTHEW JOHN AGUGLIAROPrivate First Class · December 25, 1967
- RICHARD WALTER BUDKACaptain · December 25, 1967
- FREDERICK JOHN BURNSSergeant · December 25, 1967
From Ypsilanti
- WILLIAM LENNINGTON BROWNLieutenant · July 9, 1965
- JACK MAYNARD HOPKINSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- HERMON EUGENE FULLER JRLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- DAVID SCOTT PALMERHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- THOMAS LEONARD CLELANDSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- KENDAL LEE BENNEY JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- CARL ROBERT ARVINCaptain · October 8, 1967
- CHARLES WESLEY BIRDSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- DANNIE LEWIS JOHNSONSergeant · December 30, 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.