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RICHARD ALAN JURCAK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 15, 1946 – March 9, 1967
Service recordRichard Alan Jurcak, of Warwick, Rhode Island, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 45
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Warwick, Rhode Island (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 45
- EDWARD JAMES HABUREYSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- FRANK CALVIN HUFFMaster Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- CLEVELAND DAVID JONESStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- AMBROSIOS SANTIAGO JURADOStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE JOSEPH BOJARSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 43
- CHARLES PAUL BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 43
- EDWARD JAMES HABUREYSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 45
- AMBROSIOS SANTIAGO JURADOStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 45
- LLOYD MARTIN KUEHNSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 46
- JOHN MONTAGUE MANSFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 47
- ANGEL ORTIZ-RODRIGUEZSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 47
- OSCAR WAYNE PIERCESpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 47
- JOHN HOWARD ROTHPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 48
- ROBERT JOHN SOMMERERPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 49
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · Panel 16E, Line 49
- LARRY JONATHAN WADDELLSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 49
From Warwick
- ROBERT JAMES STERLINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES STANLEYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- KENNETH BRADFORD GOFF JRMajor · August 24, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM COTTENIERLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOHN BRYANT HEADLEYCorporal · November 2, 1967
- LEO PAUL DUNSMORECorporal · February 12, 1968
- ALFRED LEONARD TRIPPCaptain · July 25, 1968
- JOSEPH THOMAS PIGEON JRSergeant · August 21, 1968
- JAMES LEO WARNERSergeant First Class · September 21, 1968
- RUSSELL EDWIN NIHILLSergeant · October 21, 1968
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.