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GENE LAWRENCE KUVIK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 22, 1941 – January 29, 1968
Service recordGene Lawrence Kuvik, of Maricopa, Arizona, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 22, 1941
- Home of record
- Maricopa, Arizona (Pinal County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 61
- NARCISO LEOS JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- MICHAEL THOMAS MAHONEYSpecialist Five · January 29, 1968
- JIMMIE CHARLES MARRIONPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- JAMES DALE MILLSCaptain · January 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK WALTER ASPPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 58
- KENNETH JOSEPH GRASSLPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 60
- VICTOR JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 60
- RICKY ALAN MYERSPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 62
- JOHN A RICKELSSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 62
- JOHN PETER ZIELINSKISpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 64
From Maricopa
- JEFFREY ROSS SEXTONSecond Lieutenant · June 22, 1967
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.