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FRED V JURADO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 10, 1947 – July 1, 1968
Service recordFred V Jurado, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 30
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1947
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 30
- STEPHEN CHARLES HOUCKCorporal · July 1, 1968
- CHARLES EMORY HOWARDPetty Officer Third Class · July 1, 1968
- CHARLES C ISLER JRPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- CHARLES CLINTON KALKASergeant · July 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- AUGUST FERREL BOLTPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 26
- ROBERT CHARLES DICKINSONMajor · Panel 54W, Line 28
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.