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STEPHEN ALAN JORDAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 28, 1949 – August 25, 1968
Service recordStephen Alan Jordan, of Monrovia, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 16
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- October 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Monrovia, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 16
- EDWARD JAMES GRAYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- RAY LEE JACKSONCorporal · August 25, 1968
- GEORGE JOHNSONCorporal · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL KEENECorporal · August 25, 1968
From Monrovia
- THOMAS MICHAEL SANDSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE PETERSONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JAMES B WILTSE JRPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- LELAND STEWARTCorporal · January 6, 1968
- KENNETH ROBERT BIRDSergeant · April 7, 1969
- DENNIS EARL NEWMANFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1969
- EDWARD LEE BORREGOSpecialist Four · October 15, 1969
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.