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TEDDY ROOSEVELT JORDAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 28, 1945 – October 22, 1966
Service recordTeddy Roosevelt Jordan, of Columbus, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 98
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Columbus, Texas (Colorado County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 98
- JOHN ORA JONES JRStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- THOMAS CARL KOLSTADCommander · October 22, 1966
- EARL PAUL MCBRIDELieutenant Commander · October 22, 1966
- LOUIS JOSEPH REEDStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
From Columbus
- LEONARD ROBINSON JRSergeant · February 1, 1967
- JOE JOHN JANAKPrivate First Class · May 12, 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.