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Personal info

Full name
JORDAN, Oliver Mack
Date of birth
7 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Madeira, Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35238512
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schankweiler-Ferschweiler, Germany.

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 15 49

Immediate family

Members
Charles B. Jordan (father)
Agnes N. (Varley) Jordan (mother)
Charles B. Jordan (brother)

More information

Pvt Oliver M. Jordan was a sales clerk.

He enlisted at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 28 July 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949 / Russ Smith Family Tree / U.S. School Yearbooks, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks, www.findagrave.com