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Jordan, Howard C.

Date of birth:
August 16th, 1907
Date of death:
March 14th, 1982
Buried on:
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Plot: P. Grave: 197.
Service number:
220128
Nationality:
American

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Master Sergeant
Unit:
4th Marine Regiment, Philippine Department, U.S. Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE), U.S. Army
Platoon Sergeant Howard C. Jordan (MCSN: 220128), United States Marine Corps, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until he was returned to U.S. Military Control at the end of the war.
Prisoner of War Medal

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