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LARRY MICHAEL JORDAN
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
November 29, 1940 – April 12, 1966
Service recordLarry Michael Jordan, of San Jose, California, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on April 12, 1966, in China, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 106
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 4
- Born
- November 29, 1940
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 12, 1966
- Country
- China
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in China, outside South Vietnam.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 106
- LAVALL DURRLance Corporal · April 12, 1966
- WILLIAM ALBERT GLASSON JRCommander · April 12, 1966
- REUBEN BEAUMONT HARRISSenior Chief Petty Officer · April 12, 1966
- JOHN MATHAS JAMESLance Corporal · April 12, 1966
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
- GEORGE J CARRILLO JRSpecialist Four · February 6, 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.