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Personal info

Full name
JORDAN, Alfred Ray
Date of birth
28 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas
Hometown
Pike County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34615268
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Boslar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 11 4

Immediate family

Members
Malvern L. Jordan (father)
Alma C. (Pine) Jordan (mother)
Elizabeth L. (Starling) Jordan (stepmother)
Thomas D. Jordan (brother)
Minnie E. Jordan (sister)
Velma A. Jordan (sister)
Hattie Jordan (sister)
Sallie Jordan (sister)
Laura M. Smith (stepsister)
Claude Smith (stepbrother)
Burnell Smith (stepbrother)
Charles D. Smith (stepbrother)

More information

Alfred Jordan graduated from Magnolia High School in 1942 and was attending Southwest Mississippi Junior College at the time of his enlistment in January 1943. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, www.newspapers.com - McComb Daily Journal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com