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ROY DOUGLAS JORDAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 11, 1951 – December 27, 1970
Service recordRoy Douglas Jordan, of Logansport, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 11
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 11, 1951
- Home of record
- Logansport, Indiana (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 11
- MARTIN JOSEPH HANLONPrivate · December 27, 1970
- RAYMOND CLYDE HOLTSergeant · December 27, 1970
- JACK WILLIAM MCCANNSergeant · December 27, 1970
- ESTEBAN VALERIANO ROCHEZPetty Officer Second Class · December 27, 1970
From Logansport
- ARTHUR LEROY JAMESStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- FRANK R GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- JAMES L HATTONSpecialist Four · October 9, 1966
- LAWRENCE CLARKChief Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- JAMES LEROY KISTLERSergeant · June 12, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE PRIESTHOFFSergeant · December 16, 1967
- CHARLES B JILCOTT JRCaptain · March 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN MARTINPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- GERALD FREDERICK GILBERTSergeant · March 28, 1968
- REX MICHAEL HOOVERSpecialist Four · September 17, 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.