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JEFFERY GURVITZ
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 2, 1943 – February 29, 1968
Service recordJeffery Gurvitz, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 8
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 29, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 29, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 8
- EDWARD EUGENE MCCLELLANSergeant · February 29, 1968
- GEORGE ADOLFO MUSSENDENSergeant · February 29, 1968
- OTIS LEE NICKPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- CEIZHAR VALE PAGCALIUAGANPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RORY A COVINGTONSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 3
- JOHN DAVID LOCKW DUFFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 4
- HARRY IVAN FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 5
- RICHARD ALAN RANDOLPHPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 9
- MAURICE LEO SIROISSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 9
- KENNETH RAY STEPHENSONSpecialist Five · Panel 42E, Line 10
- LARRY JOHN WALTERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 11
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.