Jerry Bourquin
Pioneering skydiver holding D-license 22 and Gold Wings #2.
Was a STRAC Team member in 1960-1961 which would become the US Army Golden Knights.
National Style Champion in 1964.
Inducted: 2014
Country: United States
Jerry Bourquin, D-22 and Gold Wings #2, joined the US Army in 1951 and served in the Korean War before earning his airborne jump wings in 1957. Jerry was a STRAC Team member 1960-61, which became the US Army Parachute Team with Jerry as one of its first members. During his time on the team, he was the Competition Team Leader and served as a competitor on the US Style & Accuracy Teams in 1961 through 1964. He was National Style Champion in 1964, second overall twice (1962 & 1964), and the 1965 All Services Champion. Still an active jumper, Jerry is now Jumpers Over Eighty Society #96 and lives with his wife, Geri, in Goodyear, Arizona.
