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ROBERT LEROY JORDAN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 10, 1948 – September 5, 1968
Service recordRobert Leroy Jordan JR, of Paris, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 42
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Paris, Illinois (Edgar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1968; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 42
- ALEXANDER JOHNSON JRCaptain · September 5, 1968
- CLEE ANDREW KIRKENDOLLPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- JAMES EMANUEL MURCHISONPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- GEORGE RAY POSEYFireman · September 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES HERBERT HARDISONPrivate · Panel 45W, Line 41
- BOBBY JACK PAPPANSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 43
- ALBERT LEONARD RICKERSONSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 44
- FRED PLYMOUTH RUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 44
- RAYMOND VINCENT STOLPASergeant · Panel 45W, Line 45
- LLOYD EARL VALENTINESergeant · Panel 45W, Line 45
From Paris
- JERROLD ALLEN SWITZERPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- WILLIAM OWEN CREECH JRSpecialist Four · January 25, 1971
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.