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ROGER FRANCIS JORDAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 16, 1946 – May 20, 1968
Service recordRoger Francis Jordan, of Milton, Vermont, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Milton, Vermont (Chittenden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 5
- NEWTON MORGAN GRAY JRCorporal · May 20, 1968
- RONALD EDWARD HARRISONPetty Officer Third Class · May 20, 1968
- RICHARD HENRY JUNKSergeant · May 20, 1968
- PAUL ANGELO PARAMATTOSpecialist Four · May 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY ALLAN BOCKBRADERPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 3
- CLARENCE RAY WARRICKCorporal · Panel 64E, Line 3
- RICHARD T FLATTERY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 64E, Line 4
- PAUL ANGELO PARAMATTOSpecialist Four · Panel 64E, Line 5
- GARY KEVE MORRISCorporal · Panel 64E, Line 6
- TOMMIE ALLEN ROLFWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 64E, Line 8
- LARRY KENNETH BRYANTPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 9
From Milton
- EDWARD CLARENCE SHELDONSergeant · March 25, 1968
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.