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DANIEL EDWARD JURECKO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 19, 1948 – May 8, 1968
Service recordDaniel Edward Jurecko, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 5
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 57E, Line 5
- FREDERICK DONALD KEMPLance Corporal · May 8, 1968
- DAVID BRUCE KNAPPPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- ROBERT ANTHONY LANDRYSergeant First Class · May 8, 1968
- THOMAS JACK LANSDENPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE THOMAS CONDREY IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 56E, Line 37
- JAMES LESLIE DAYTONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 57E, Line 1
- ROBERT EARL JENNESpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 4
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
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.