George Jordan

Infobox Military Person
name=George Jordan
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died= death date|1904|10|24
placeofbirth=Williamson County, Tennessee
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caption=Sergeant George Jordan
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allegiance=United States of America
branch=United States Army
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rank=First Sergeant
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unit=9th Cavalry Regiment
battles=Indian Wars
awards=Medal of Honor
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George Jordan (died October 24, 1904) was a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United States.

Jordan joined the Army from Nashville, Tennessee, and by 1880 was serving as a Sergeant in Company K of the 9th Cavalry Regiment in New Mexico. On May 7, 1890, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Tularosa on May 14, 1880 and at Carrizo Canyon on August 12, 1881.

Jordan reached the rank of First Sergeant before leaving the Army. He died in 1904 and was buried in Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Nebraska.

Medal of Honor citation

Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Fort Tularosa, N. Mex., May 14, 1880; at Carrizo Canyon, N. Mex., August 12, 1881. Entered service at: Nashville, Tenn. Birth: Williamson County, Tenn. Date of issue: May 7, 1890.

Citation:

:While commanding a detachment of 25 men at Fort Tularosa, N. Mex., repulsed a force of more than 100 Indians. At Carrizo Canyon, N . Mex., while commanding the right of a detachment of 19 men, on 12 August 1881, he stubbornly held his ground in an extremely exposed position and gallantly forced back a much superior number of the enemy, preventing them from surrounding the command.

ee also

*List of Medal of Honor recipients
*List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Indian Wars
*List of African American Medal of Honor recipients

References

*findagrave|6404210 Retrieved on 2007-01-15
*cite web
publisher = U.S. Army Center of Military History
title = Indian War Period Medal of Honor Recipients
work = Medal of Honor Citations
date = 2005-04-19
url = http://www.army.mil/cmh/html/moh/indianwars.html
accessdate = 2007-01-15

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SHORT DESCRIPTION= United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
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