Officer Rank: Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 11-WT -2
Department: U.S. Air Force, Security Police
End of Watch: 04/26/1972
Cause: Aircraft Crash
Age: 24
Length of Service: 4
Sergeant Jerome Ciereszewski, A1C William Urban, and A1C Frederick Smith died when their helicopter experienced an in-flight malfunction and crashed. The pilot also died. The officers were en route to a facility to conduct a routine security check. The officers were members of the 862nd Security Police Squadron at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota.