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ROBERT CLAYTON JORDAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 19, 1947 – March 4, 1969
Service recordRobert Clayton Jordan, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 37
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 37
- ARTHUR STANLEY HILL JRSergeant · March 4, 1969
- PHILIP MICHAEL HUNTPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
- LAURI KANGROSpecialist Four · March 4, 1969
- WILBUR JAMES MILLER JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.