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JOHN EDWARD JORDAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 11, 1951 – February 21, 1970
Service recordJohn Edward Jordan, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 41
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 11, 1951
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 41
- STANLEY DEAN CALVINSpecialist Four · February 21, 1970
- JAMES CLINTON DEFRANCOPrivate First Class · February 21, 1970
- LON DOUGHERTY JRSpecialist Four · February 21, 1970
- STEVEN GILL EPPERSONFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1970
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.