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ALVIN EDWARD KURTZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 11, 1945 – December 11, 1966
Service recordAlvin Edward Kurtz, of Hillman, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Hillman, Minnesota (Morrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 35
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- CHARLES ANTHONY MCMASTERSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- GEORGE MERCADOLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- JIMMIE CLYDE POESpecialist Four · December 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- VITO VINCENT BRUNOPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 32
- ELMER WILLIAM DICKENSStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 32
- LUDIN BERMUDEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 33
- DENNIS HARPER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 33
- ROBERT EDWARD JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 33
- MICHAEL CHARLES KIRBYSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 34
- JOHN E LAWLER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 34
- DONALD LAMAR LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 34
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 34
- JIMMIE CLYDE POESpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 35
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 36
- JAMES HENRY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 36
- ANTONIO ABEL SOLISSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 36
- BENNY ARNOLD STARRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 37
- JOSHUA WELCH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 37
- HOWARD CECIL WESTSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 37
- JOHN EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 37
From Hillman
- LARRY LEE NIEKENCorporal · July 8, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.