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JOSEPH LAMAR JORDAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 23, 1941 – April 3, 1968
Service recordJoseph Lamar Jordan, of Thomaston, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 51
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)
- Born
- November 23, 1941
- Home of record
- Thomaston, Georgia (Upson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 51
- KENNETH JEROME HONEKCorporal · April 3, 1968
- JAMES GRADY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- PHILIP LORNE KONIGSFELDSergeant · April 3, 1968
- JOSEPH BERNARD KUBECaptain · April 3, 1968
From Thomaston
- PERRY LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- JIMMY LEE BUSSEYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- DAVID ADOLPHUS TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- EUGENE OLIVER OWENBYCorporal · May 19, 1967
- THURLO MERIDA MCCLURECorporal · August 16, 1967
- GEORGE RONALD FULLERCorporal · February 19, 1968
- RICKY GENE HARRISONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- THOMAS GERALD DICKERSONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- ROY ARNOLD CARROLLSpecialist Four · April 22, 1969
- BILL JAKE DUPREESpecialist Five · April 27, 1969
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.