Daniel Edward Jurecko

Vietnam War
Unit281st Aviation Company
RankSpecialist 4 U.S. Army
Entered Service FromCorpus Christi Texas
Date of DeathMay 8 1968
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Specialist, Fourth Class Jurecko was a member of 281st Aviation Company, 10th Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade. On May 8, 1968, he was the crew chief of a Bell Huey Utility Helicopter (UH-1C) on a combat support mission 35 miles southwest of Da Nang, South Vietnam. The aircraft was turning when it experienced a midair explosion and plunged into the Buong River bank. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.