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JOHN EDWARD GUROVICH
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 23, 1949 – November 9, 1969
Service recordJohn Edward Gurovich, of Unionville, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 49
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Unionville, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 49
- DONALD HOMER DWIGGINS JRCaptain · November 9, 1969
- MICHAEL RAYMOND ETHERIDGEPrivate First Class · November 9, 1969
- WAYNE GENE HUBBARDSpecialist Four · November 9, 1969
- MOSES B LUCASStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY WAYNE WILLEFORDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 51
From Unionville
- WALTER HARVEY MYERS JRSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
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.