Marcus Alexander Jordan is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Born in 1894 in Phoenix, Arizona. A Marine Corps Aviator who was killed while testing a new aircraft in Foggia, Italy with the "Foggiani" in March 1918.
Newspaper article of 1918:
A cable from General Pershing, received at Head-
states that
Second Lieutenant
Joadar, Marine Corps Reserve, died March 28, from injuries received in an aeroplar roide drile 1
Lieutenant Jordan, who is a brother of Eldridge Jordan of Washington, D. C., was born at Phoenix, Ariz., July 8, 1894.
Shortly after the outbreak
of the war he gave up his connection with a manufacturing concern of Alexandria, Va., and accepted an appointment as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve.
After completing his training he accompanied the U. S. Marines with the First Expeditionary Force, and later because of his ability as an aviator was detailed at one of the army instruction centers abroad.
He completed his qualification tests in February and was given high commendation by his commanding officer for his work, and was retained for additional duty at the instruction camp. He was unmarried.
His mother, Mrs. Annie R.
Jordan, lives at Long
Beach, Calif.
