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RICHARD KENNETH JORDAN
Captain · U.S. Army
August 12, 1936 – October 22, 1965
Service recordRichard Kenneth Jordan, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 12, 1936
- Home of record
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Forsyth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 129
- WILLIAM JAMES JOHNSONSpecialist Five · October 21, 1965
- HAROLD ALAN PREISENDEFERFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- TIMOTHY JAMES BILKOPrivate First Class · October 22, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 129
- MANUEL GONZALEZ-MALDONADAPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 130
From Winston-Salem
- JAMES WALTER FLOYDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- JOHN CONNOR JRStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1966
- EUGENE GERALD ARMSTRONG JRChief Warrant Officer 4 · May 1, 1966
- LARRY RAYMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · September 11, 1966
- GARY GRANT RUSHINGPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- DOUGLAS WAYNE LEECorporal · March 26, 1967
- WALTER EARL MUNNSLance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- KENNETH MAURICE BURNETTPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- CLYDE ULAND MITCHELLCorporal · May 18, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS TRIVETTEPrivate First Class · May 23, 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.