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JAMES ELDON JORDAN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 10, 1947 – July 8, 1968
Service recordJames Eldon Jordan JR, of Vandalia, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 44
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Vandalia, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 44
- DONALD CHARLES KYLEPrivate First Class · July 8, 1968
- LOUIE JUNNIE MCFARLANDSpecialist Five · July 8, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD MOORE JRSpecialist Four · July 8, 1968
- JAMES DAVID NANSELPrivate First Class · July 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS LAMAR CLANTONSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 43
- CHARLES EDWARD MOORE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 44
From Vandalia
- DAVID LOUIS SABECPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- GEORGE W YOUNGERMAN JRSpecialist Four · April 1, 1971
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.