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Thomas Ross “Buddy” Jordan

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Thomas Ross “Buddy” Jordan

Birth
Yuma County, Arizona, USA
Death
13 Nov 1942 (aged 23)
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Burial
Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
Plot
Section K
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Thomas Ross Jordan was a Seaman First Class in the U.S. Navy. This Davis veteran was killed in action.

http://yoloveteransproject.org/the_davis_enterprise_june_2008

∼From a Memorial in the Sacramento Bee published 12 Nov 2017.
Born in Yuma Arizona, July 3, 1919. Died at Naval Battle of Guadalcanal November 13, 1942. Son of Maria Concepcion "Chona" (Rivera) Jordan & Ross A. Jordan. Attended Yuma High School; Joint Union High School, Davis, California, Sacramento City College, University of California, Davis.
Enlisted in the U.S. Navy, November 1940, reported to the U.S. Monssen (DD-436), February, 1941, North Atlantic Fleet neutrality patrol March 1941 - February, 1942. Doolittle Raid, April, 1942, Battle of Coral Sea, April 1942, Battle of Midway, May 1942, Amphibious assault of Guadalcanal, August, 1942, Battle of the Eastern Solomons, August, 1942, Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, November, 1942. Interred in the Iron Bottom Sound with U.S.S. Monssen (DD-436) shipmates. Fondly remembered by family & friends.


Thomas Ross Jordan was a Seaman First Class in the U.S. Navy. This Davis veteran was killed in action.

http://yoloveteransproject.org/the_davis_enterprise_june_2008

∼From a Memorial in the Sacramento Bee published 12 Nov 2017.
Born in Yuma Arizona, July 3, 1919. Died at Naval Battle of Guadalcanal November 13, 1942. Son of Maria Concepcion "Chona" (Rivera) Jordan & Ross A. Jordan. Attended Yuma High School; Joint Union High School, Davis, California, Sacramento City College, University of California, Davis.
Enlisted in the U.S. Navy, November 1940, reported to the U.S. Monssen (DD-436), February, 1941, North Atlantic Fleet neutrality patrol March 1941 - February, 1942. Doolittle Raid, April, 1942, Battle of Coral Sea, April 1942, Battle of Midway, May 1942, Amphibious assault of Guadalcanal, August, 1942, Battle of the Eastern Solomons, August, 1942, Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, November, 1942. Interred in the Iron Bottom Sound with U.S.S. Monssen (DD-436) shipmates. Fondly remembered by family & friends.

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