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ELIAS CASTRO JURADO JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 26, 1947 – August 8, 1968
Service recordElias Castro Jurado JR, of Austin, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 31
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 31
- JOHN ANDREW JABLONSKISergeant · August 8, 1968
- DICKIE LYNN LEACHSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
- JAMES ALEXANDER LEAHYSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
- JAMES FRANCIS LUCASPrivate First Class · August 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DENNIS BARTLETTSpecialist Five · Panel 49W, Line 28
- GARY LEE HIGBEECaptain · Panel 49W, Line 29
- WILLIAM SAMUEL IRBYSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 30
- DICKIE LYNN LEACHSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 31
- RONALD LEE NOLDNERCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 32
- RICHARD ARTHUR OVAITTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 49W, Line 33
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 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.