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WILLIAM JURSZA JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 9, 1942 – April 27, 1968
Service recordWilliam Jursza JR, of Bayonne, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Bayonne, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 30
- KEVIN PATRICK BEAUCHAMPLance Corporal · April 27, 1968
- GARY NEAL HALLSergeant · April 27, 1968
- HOWARD HUGH HOMINICKCorporal · April 27, 1968
- GEORGE EDGAR JACOBSSpecialist Four · April 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HOLLIS WINFIELD BUCKStaff Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 28
- JAMES ROBERT CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 28
- GARY NEAL HALLSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 30
- HOWARD HUGH HOMINICKCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 30
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SEYKORASergeant · Panel 52E, Line 32
- ROGER DAVID ZEIGLERCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 32
From Bayonne
- MICHAEL DANIEL CHWANCaptain · September 30, 1965
- STANLEY JOHN KOPCINSKILance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MCGUIREPrivate · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS CHESTER BEKIEMPISLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- VICTOR MANUEL NEGRONAirman First Class · September 19, 1967
- FRANK ANDRISANO JRCorporal · November 19, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH CRUDENStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS SOSNOWSKICaptain · February 16, 1968
- JAMES WITTPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- WACLAW JOZEF MACZULSKIGunnery Sergeant · March 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.