Jeffery Dean Struecker (March 7, 1969) is an American author, pastor, and former United States Army Ranger who was involved in the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993. He also participated in the 1989 invasion of Panama (Operation Just Cause) and in Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm. Struecker has co-authored five published books. Struecker was portrayed by American actor Brian Van Holt in the 2001 film, Black Hawk Down, and in 2017, he was inducted into the Army Ranger Hall of Fame.