Officer Rank: Airman First Class
Memorial Panel: 11-WT -2
Department: U.S. Air Force, Security Police
End of Watch: 04/26/1972
Cause: Aircraft Crash
Age: 23
Length of Service: 4
A1C William Urban, A1C Frederick Smith, and Sergeant Jerome Ciereszewski, 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.