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Sgt. Nathan Jordan will be remembered on Veterans Day (Tuesday, Nov. 11) when the flag that flew during his burial at Brittany American Cemetery in St. James, France will be flown at City Hall.
The flag that flew during Sgt. Nathan Jordan’s burial at Brittany American Cemetery in St. James, France will be flown Nov. 11 at Greer City Hall. The city website will feature a special section that day on Sgt. Jordan, a 1937 graduate of Greer High School and one of three brothers who served during the war.
“It’s difficult to find a family in the United States that was not affected somehow by World War II,” Mayor Rick Danner said. “To stand at our Veterans Memorial Park and read the names on monuments of those who were killed during the conflict reminds us of how entire towns and cities were affected as well. This Veterans Day we will honor and remember Sgt. Nathan Jordan and all of the brave men and women from Greer who have served our country and made the ultimate sacrifice.”
The flag, which was mailed to Sgt. Jordan’s parents following burial, is on loan to the city from Sgt. Jordan’s sister-in-law, Rose Marie Cooper Jordan of Greer.
As a corporal earlier in the war, Jordan spent most of his time stationed at an infantry training post at Ft. Wheeler near Macon, Ga., where he served on the cadre of a battalion responsible for training inductees. After the invasion of Normandy, he was transferred to Ft. Meade, Md., to await transport to the European theater. He arrived in England on July 23, 1944, and was sent immediately to France, where he was assigned to Co. M, 38th Infantry Division.
Nathan reported to his new outfit, the 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division on Aug. 7, 1944, and entered combat the following day. He was promoted to staff sergeant on Aug. 11, just three days before he was fatally wounded in fighting near Tinchebray, France.
Veterans Day 2014 will also bring to a close a time-intensive project undertaken by members of the Joyce Scott Chapter of the South Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution. Researchers have compiled a roster bearing the names of veterans buried at four cemeteries in Greer: Mountain View, Edgewood, Wilson, and Needmore Community.