RAIDERS Jordan, Jay

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Jordan​

• FORENAME

Jay​

• UNIT

1st Raider Battalion (HqCo)​

• RANK

Sergeant​

• NUMBER

300048​

• DATE OF DEATH

10th July 1943​

• AGE

27​

• GRAVESITE

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Tablets of the Missing.​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 03.01.1916, Franklin Township, Indiana​

father Thomas J. Jordan (1873-1920)​

mother Dora Jordan (1881-1930)​

son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Jordan​

1935 graduated Hartford High School​

2 terms Ypsilanti college​

Next of kin - Wife, Mrs. Janice Vera Jordon (nee McDonald) (1920-1998), 1094 Cornell Road, Ypsilanti, Michigan​

21.10.1940 enlisted Detroit, Michigan​

KIA Enogai Harbour (shot by sniper), Solomon Islands (Body not recovered)​

Note : Surname Jordan, Marines Database as Jordon​

Winamac Cemetery, Winamac, Indiana, USA (Memorial)​

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