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Personal info

Full name
JORDAN, Richard Thomas
Date of birth
2 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
DeKalb, DeKalb County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36761711
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Near Elsenborn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 43 11

Immediate family

Members
Thomas E. Jordan (father)
Marie Jordan (mother)
Robert Jordan (brother)

More information

Pvt Richard T. Jordan graduated from Oak Park and River Forest High School in 1939.

The picture was taken in high school in 1939.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com
- U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Oak Park and River Forest High School 1939