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JACK KURI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 30, 1942 – April 29, 1967
Service recordJack Kuri, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 114
- CHARLES PHILIP DETOMASOPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- FRANCIS THOMAS DILLONSeaman · April 29, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK FLEMINGSpecialist Four · April 29, 1967
- JOSEPH GRADELCorporal · April 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL LEO CYRPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 115
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.