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WAYNE LAMONT JORDAN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 3, 1946 – March 17, 1967
Service recordWayne Lamont Jordan, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 17, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 101
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- September 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 101
- GENE WILLIAM GOEDENLieutenant (junior grade) · March 17, 1967
- DONALD ORTHEL GRIFFINSergeant · March 17, 1967
- PAUL CARLING HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1967
- JULIO KANEKOStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1967
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- FOSTER JEWELL G TOUART JRPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
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.