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JEFFREY ROBERT JORDAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 8, 1947 – March 19, 1968
Service recordJeffrey Robert Jordan, of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 34
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Pewaukee, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
He died in Long An Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 34
- SAM ZEB HUGHESPrivate First Class · March 19, 1968
- CLARENCE JEFFERSON JRPrivate First Class · March 19, 1968
- BILLY DON KENNINGTONPrivate First Class · March 19, 1968
- NIKOLAI KIATKINSpecialist Four · March 19, 1968
From Pewaukee
- PHILLIP JOHN EBERHARDTCorporal · January 8, 1968
- ROYCE EVERT ROEPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- ROBERT HOWARD BARRLieutenant Colonel · July 28, 1969
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.