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JORDAN JAY OZANNE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 7, 1949 – May 9, 1968
Service recordJordan Jay Ozanne, of Pacoima, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 30
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Pacoima, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 30
- JOHN HENRY KIRCHNER JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- RICHARD EDWIN NOBLESpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- DAVID GUERRERO NUNEZ JRSergeant · May 9, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL SICKLESLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BOYCE RAY DICKCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 19
- PRESTON LEE HOWELLSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 23
- EVERETT SORRELL JONESStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 23
- TIMOTHY WAYNE KELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 25
- CHARLES ALLISON LOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 27
- WALTER JOSEPH WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 3
From Pacoima
- WILLIAM GARCIASpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LUIS OLMOSPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- RODERICK CHARLES PORTELLOStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ADAMSSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- HOWARD DEXTER GERSHENPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- WARREN H SCHROBILGEN JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- RONALD JAMES PERKINSLance Corporal · November 17, 1967
- RAYMOND BARELA PALMAPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- DANIEL JOHN VILLEGASPlatoon Sergeant · February 11, 1968
- EDUARDO VELOZSergeant · August 5, 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.