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LARRY LEON JORDAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 28, 1948 – March 24, 1970
Service recordLarry Leon Jordan, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 39
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (Horry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 39
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HANNIGANPrivate First Class · March 24, 1970
- GARY ALAN HARNEDSergeant First Class · March 24, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES HOSKENChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 24, 1970
- DONALD WAYNE MCKEEPrivate First Class · March 24, 1970
From Myrtle Beach
- NEAL IRA BESTPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS REAVESCorporal · December 4, 1967
- WILSON BOYD BROWNPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- WILLIE DALPHUS SPIVEYStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1968
- JOHN STEPHEN WASILOWCorporal · November 24, 1968
- WILLIE LEE KEITHSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- THOMAS LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · February 23, 1970
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.