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WILLIAM E JORDAN III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 27, 1941 – January 11, 1966
Service recordWilliam E Jordan III, of Bangor, Maine, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 27, 1941
- Home of record
- Bangor, Maine (Penobscot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 65
- NOBLE DOUGLAS MCGEHEEStaff Sergeant · January 11, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES ROBINSONSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- MARVIN BONNEY SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RAYNALD JIMEEZ AMADORCorporal · Panel 4E, Line 63
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 63
- JOSE GOTERA BIRCOStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 63
- ARTHUR CAVANAGHSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 64
- GERALD LEE DAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 64
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 64
- NOBLE DOUGLAS MCGEHEEStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 65
- WILLIE JAMES ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 65
- MARVIN BONNEY SMITH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 65
From Bangor
- CHARLES EDGAR STUARTStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- WALTER FORREST MERRICKLieutenant Commander · October 26, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS CALLINANMajor · November 11, 1966
- MARTIN LEE FREEMANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- CHARLES E SULLIVAN JRCorporal · June 29, 1967
- MICHAEL PETER UMELPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- EDWARD LEONARD MANN JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- FREDERICK WILLIAM MCHUGHCorporal · September 8, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE DESCHENESSergeant First Class · November 16, 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.
