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EDWARD JOSEPH JUREK II
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 16, 1947 – March 25, 1968
Service recordEdward Joseph Jurek II, of Meriden, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Intelligence Analyst (96B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Meriden, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 19
- DOWARD LEROY JONES JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES KELLEYSpecialist Five · March 25, 1968
- MONTE CLIFFORD KINASZPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- DONALD RAY KINTONSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY E WORKMANSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 26
From Meriden
- MICHAEL LOUIS CHMURACorporal · October 17, 1965
- PATRICK WILLMER KINGSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- GERALD LEVYSpecialist Five · January 2, 1966
- EARL JOHN BAUCHMANNMaster Sergeant · September 19, 1966
- RICHARD DAVID HENSLEYLance Corporal · October 11, 1966
- JOHN REGINALD SHONECKSenior Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- WAYNE ROBERT MCKENZIELance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- WALTER RAYMOND MCDONALDPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- ROBERT GARRY MARXCorporal · May 27, 1968
- ROLAND ARMAND RICHARDSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
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.