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AMBROSIOS SANTIAGO JURADO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 7, 1923 – March 9, 1967
Service recordAmbrosios Santiago Jurado, of Caguas, Puerto Rico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 45
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1923
- Home of record
- Caguas, Puerto Rico (Caguas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1967
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 45
- EDWARD JAMES HABUREYSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- FRANK CALVIN HUFFMaster Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- CLEVELAND DAVID JONESStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN JURCAKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE JOSEPH BOJARSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 43
- CHARLES PAUL BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 43
- EDWARD JAMES HABUREYSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 45
- RICHARD ALAN JURCAKPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 45
- LLOYD MARTIN KUEHNSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 46
- JOHN MONTAGUE MANSFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 47
- ANGEL ORTIZ-RODRIGUEZSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 47
- OSCAR WAYNE PIERCESpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 47
- JOHN HOWARD ROTHPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 48
- ROBERT JOHN SOMMERERPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 49
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · Panel 16E, Line 49
- LARRY JONATHAN WADDELLSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 49
From Caguas
- HECTOR M ALCOCER-MARTINEZSergeant · January 13, 1967
- CABALLERO FERNANDO FIGUEROAPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- JERONIMO GARCIA-SOTOSergeant First Class · May 26, 1967
- SAMUEL RIVERA-FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- EFRAIN DEJESUS-CARRERASPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- TOMAS GOMEZ-ROBLESPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- JOSE ANTONIO SOTO-FIGUEROASergeant · April 24, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.