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Personal info

Full name
JORDAN, William B
Date of birth
9 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Kearny, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Kearny, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32167187
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
East of Harlang, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 12 80

Immediate family

Members
James J. Jordan (father)
Rose A. (Hamill) Jordan (mother)
James Jordan (brother)
Edward Jordan (brother)
Elizabeth Jordan (sister)
John Jordan (brother)
Thomas J. Jordan (brother)
Mary Jordan (sister)
Rose Jordan (sister)
Cecelia Jordan (sister)
Theresa Jordan (sister)

More information

Cpl William B. Jordan attended college for two years and was a laboratory technician and assistant in Trenton, New Jersey on 7 August 1941.

He was killed by small arms fire.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 3 D Tree/ 1940 Census, After Action Report 35th Infatry Division
Photo source: Peter Schouteten