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RAYMOND ROBERT JORDAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 5, 1948 – March 23, 1968
Service recordRaymond Robert Jordan, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 63
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 63
- IAN JACK FRANKSSpecialist Four · March 23, 1968
- EULAS FAY GREGORYStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1968
- MICHAEL PAUL HARRISCorporal · March 23, 1968
- MASAKI HATTORIMajor · March 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARD DONOVANPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 62
- EDWARD ALVA SHARROCKSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 1
- THOMAS YORK REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 2
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 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.