WALL OF HONOR MEMBER
Roy Miller High School: 18th Casualty
Graduated from Roy Miller: Unknown - definite confirmation
could not be made that he was a Miller student - nonetheless he'll be accepted
as one of us
Branch: US Army
Time In Service: 01 yr
MOS: 67N20 - UH-1 Helicopter Repairer
Unit: 281ST AHC, 10TH AVN BN, 17TH AVN GROUP, 1ST AVIATION
BDE, USARV
Age at Loss: 19 yrs old
Tour Of Duty: 03-05-68 to 05-08-68
Incident Location: Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam
Casualty Detail: Air loss or crash over land - Body Not
Recovered
Medals Include: National Defense Service Medal; Vietnam
Service Medal; Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal; Purple Heart Medal; Air
Medal
A photo of Daniel's sister, Debbie Jurecko, a sophomore at W.B. Ray HS in 1968 was located and is shown below.
SKETCH OF DANNY AND HIS SISTER DEBBIE JURECKO
On May 8, 1968, a UH-1C Iroquois with a crew of four took off
on a combat support mission southwest of Da Nang, South Vietnam. While in route to the target, the helicopter
was hit by hostile ground fire, causing it to explode in midair and crash on
the bank of the A Vuong River.
A recovery helicopter quickly landed near the crash site, but
found no sign of survivors and was unable to inspect the site further due to a
fire that had engulfed the wreckage. Several days later, a ground patrol
reached the UH-1C's crash site and reported seeing four unidentifiable sets of
remains; however, hostile activity in the area prevented their recovery.
The four men from the UH-1C’s crew remain unaccounted for. Specialist 4 Daniel Edward Jurecko was a
member of the 281st Assault Helicopter Company, 10th Aviation Battalion, 17th
Aviation Group. He was the crew chief aboard the Iroquois, and was killed in
the crash. Attempts to locate his remains following the end of hostilities have
been unsuccessful. Today, Specialist 4 Jurecko is memorialized on the Courts of
the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
please click inside the tribute by Debbie to her brother to see a larger version
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