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JOHN ALBERT ORDNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 9, 1949 – January 10, 1970
Service recordJohn Albert Ordner, of Rush City, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 24
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 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Rush City, Minnesota (Chisago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 24
- THOMAS DANIEL TIGHESergeant · January 10, 1970
- JAMES HENRY ZUMBRUNSergeant First Class · January 10, 1970
- KENNETH BRYANT BECKMANLance Corporal · January 11, 1970
- GROVER COLEMAN BOWERS JRSpecialist Four · January 11, 1970
From Rush City
- RICHARD HAROLD HAGMANCaptain · May 17, 1972
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.