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THOMAS F JOURDANAIS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 14, 1948 – January 1, 1969
Service recordThomas F Jourdanais JR, of Waterford, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 1, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- June 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Waterford, New York (Saratoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 16
- WAYNE LINDSAY HAWESSpecialist Four · January 1, 1969
- KEVIN MICHAEL HURLEYCorporal · January 1, 1969
- ISABELO JIMENEZ-GONZALEZSpecialist Four · January 1, 1969
- CARL ALVIN JONESSpecialist Four · January 1, 1969
From Waterford
- WILLIAM WALTER DZIARCAKCorporal · March 6, 1968
- LOUIS VINNIE DAIGLEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- STANLEY HOWARD BARRETTSergeant · October 3, 1970
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.