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ROBERT PATRICK JORDAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 10, 1947 – October 30, 1965
Service recordRobert Patrick Jordan, of New York, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 30, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 6
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 10, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1965; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 6
- JACKIE JUNIOR FULGHUMPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- FRANK ANDREW GAGLIARDOSergeant · October 30, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.