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KENT DOUGLAS JORDAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 3, 1944 – November 3, 1965
Service recordKent Douglas Jordan, of Plainfield, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 3, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 15
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Plainfield, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 15
- WILLIAM BRUCE MITCHELLPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- JAMES RAY PARRETTPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- GARY W PLATTStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1965
From Plainfield
- EDWARD KNELL KISSAM JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- CHARLIE ALFRED CARDENSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RODNEY ALVIN JAMESPrivate · July 22, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH FOLEY IIILance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- CONRAD ANTHONY STYBELFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1967
- STANLEY SPIKESSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- EUGENE WILLIAM HENDRICKSStaff Sergeant · October 21, 1968
- SALVATORE ALFRED ROWEPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
- JAMES FRANKLIN BOYCEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1969
- LUDWIG GEORGE BAUMANNMajor · January 30, 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.