William Arlin Jordan

Private First Class
A CO, 3RD BN, 22ND INFANTRY, 25 INF DIV
Army of the United States
27 January 1948 - 03 March 1968
Prescott, Arizona
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25 INF DIV

22ND INF RGT
Combat Infantry

National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for William Arlin Jordan

02 Apr 2008

Bill was my uncle ... that is one of the reasons I joined the Army. For 7 years I served in the National Guard. I just wish I could have gotten to know him. I respect him a lot.

From his nephew,
Gary Jordan
g.jordan36@yahoo.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Between 26 Jan and 10 Mar 1968 the 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry participated in Operation SARATOGA in the area west of Saigon. Part of 3/22's responsibilities included establishing night ambushes on the waterways. The 3/22 After Action Report contains the following entry for 03 Mar 1968:
"0100 hours Company A sank 4 VC sampans at XT813074, resulting in 13 VC (body count). ... At 0740 hours Company A, while extracting from ambush position, had 1 boat capsize resulting in 6 US non-battle casualties."
The incident took place in the Saigon River about 7 kilometers south of Phu Cuong. The soldiers who died when the boat overturned were
  • SGT Francisco Franco, Orosi, CA;
  • SP4 Vincent A. Datena, North Babylon, NY;
  • SP4 Jimmy F. Lehman, South Bloomingville, OH;
  • SP4 Jimmie E. Parker, Fremont, CA;
  • SP4 Richard C. Spencer, Bremerton, WA; and
  • PFC William A. Jordan, Prescott, AZ.


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
his nephew,
Gary Jordan
g.jordan36@yahoo.com



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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 02 Apr 2008
Last updated 11/13/2010