Enrique L. Jurado | |
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| Birth name | Enrique Lopez Jurado |
| Nickname(s) | "Henry", "Hank" |
| Born | July 15, 1911 Lucena, Philippine Islands |
| Died | October 14, 1944 (aged 33) Bongabong, Mindoro, Japanese-occupied Philippines |
| Buried | Philippines |
| Allegiance |  Philippines |
| Service |  USAFFE |
| Years of service | 1936–1941 (Army) 1941–1944 (USAFFE) |
| Rank |  Captain (USAFFE) |
| Unit | Offshore Patrol – (USAFFE) |
| Commands | OSP Chief Commander OSP Base Commander |
| Battles / wars | |
Captain Enrique L. Jurado (July 15, 1911 – October 14, 1944) was an officer in the Philippine Army – Offshore Patrol during the Second World War. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Class of 1934, Foreign Midshipman who returned to the Philippines to teach at the Philippine Military Academy. Later joined its Army Coastal Defense force, the Offshore Patrol (OSP), as an instructor to its first class of graduates. He was the officer-in-command of the OSP, just before the Pearl Harbor attack on December 4, 1941.[1] He led his squadron of three torpedo boats (Q-111 Luzon, Q-112 Abra, Q-113 Agusan) and two gunboats (Q-115 Baler and Q-114 Danday) in the Bataan defense campaign, and managed to escape the Japanese when he ordered his flagship to Batangas. After his escape and recovery, he joined the guerrillas in Panay. Jurado was sent to Mindoro to try to consolidate the guerrillas there, but was killed by a rival guerrilla faction.[1]
- ^ a b 1934, "Wartime Patrol – December, 1941", United States Naval Academy, Retrieved February 23, 2016.