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PAUL ROBERT JORDAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 18, 1947 – January 24, 1969
Service recordPaul Robert Jordan, of Sacramento, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 70
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 34W, Line 70
- OSCAR CORDOVASpecialist Four · January 24, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS GRAVLEYStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1969
- SCOTT CRAIG GRISWOLDWarrant Officer 1 · January 24, 1969
- MICHAEL ALAN LEDERLESergeant · January 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY CHARLES TUCKERCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 73
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.