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JIMMY DALE JORDAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 5, 1946 – May 17, 1966
Service recordJimmy Dale Jordan, of Riverbank, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 72
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 9 MAR
- Born
- October 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Riverbank, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 72
- ARTHUR EUGENE LEWISCaptain · May 17, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH MAGYAROSISergeant · May 17, 1966
- FREDRICK CHARLES MANGATPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
From Riverbank
- KENNETH LESTER BRESHEARSSpecialist Four · March 31, 1967
- MARIO ALVAREZ CISNEROSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- DONALD LEE CHANEYSergeant First Class · January 17, 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.