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LAWRENCE WICKS JORDAN
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
March 6, 1932 – February 21, 1965
Service recordLawrence Wicks Jordan, of Rolla, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 21, 1965, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 93
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- March 6, 1932
- Home of record
- Rolla, Missouri (Phelps County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1965
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1965; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 93
- RONALD SEFTON GAFFNEYSpecialist Five · February 19, 1965
- ROBERT FRANCIS RONCAMajor · February 19, 1965
- NORMAN ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
From Rolla
- JOHN LOUIS HUNTERSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CHARLES DALE HILLSeaman Apprentice · May 15, 1967
- ALAN NEIL PRENTICEPrivate First Class · May 12, 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.