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JORGE LUIS JOURDAN-FONT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 10, 1949 – November 27, 1970
Service recordJorge Luis Jourdan-Font, of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 86
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 86
- PAUL THOMAS GILLASPIESergeant · November 27, 1970
- THOMAS WALTER GOSZEWSKICorporal · November 27, 1970
- FREDERICK RICHARD NEEFAirman First Class · November 27, 1970
- WILLIAM BRANDON OKIEFFTechnical Sergeant · November 27, 1970
From Rio Piedras
- LUIS RAFAEL JIMENEZStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- ANTONIO BARBOSA-VILLAFANEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- JORGE LUIS ISALES-BENITEZSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- CRISTOBAL MELENDEZSergeant First Class · September 29, 1966
- ULISES ORTIZ-COLONPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- JOSE LUIS FONTANEZ-VELEZPrivate · November 4, 1966
- LUDIN BERMUDEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ANTONIO HERNANDEZ-SOTOPrivate First Class · November 22, 1969
- AMALIO PAGAN-PAGANSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- JOSE LUIS MIRANDA-ORTIZStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
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.