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THOMAS LEE JORDAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 16, 1942 – February 21, 1968
Service recordThomas Lee Jordan, of Jacksonville, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Texas (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 53
- CHARLES RONALD HORTONPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- JOSEPH HUDSON JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- ZYGMUNT PAUL JABLONSKI JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- RAMON JURADOPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOE LOUIS PEAKESergeant · Panel 40E, Line 52
- CHARLES RONALD HORTONPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 53
From Jacksonville
- HENRY LON TURNCorporal · May 4, 1967
- GEORGE L BARBER IIICaptain · March 4, 1968
- WILLIAM PRESTON ARMSTRONGSergeant · August 2, 1968
- CHARLIE RAY MCDONALDSpecialist Four · April 4, 1969
- LEE ROY NOLLEYPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
- RONALD S ATHANASIOUPetty Officer Third Class · January 21, 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.