Harold Patterson Jordan was born in Kingsport, Tennessee. He was the son of Millie Jane McFarland Norris. Husband of Ruth Alma Hutchison and father of Jack Lee. He later married  Edith Ruth Coffey.
He was killed off Iwo Jima Island due to bomb fragments from enemy aircraft and buried at sea 2-19-45. He is memorialized at the Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Picture is Harold and 2nd wife, Edith Coffey. Married after 1937.
Photo courtesy Jean Kear

 

 

  • Rank: Seaman First Class
  • Date of birth:
  • 27 June 1917
  • Date of death: 18 February 1945
  • County: Knox
  • Hometown: Knoxville
  • Service Branch: Navy
  • Division/Assignment: USS Blessman APD-48
  • Theater: Pacific
  • Conflict: World War II
  • Awards: Purple Heart
  • Burial/Memorial Location: Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Location In Memorial: Pillar XIV, Middle Panel
  • Sponsored by: Jack Jordan

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