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LEONARD ZACHARY GURWITZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 7, 1947 – August 12, 1968
Service recordLeonard Zachary Gurwitz, of Costa Mesa, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 53
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Costa Mesa, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 53
- DOUGLAS LLOYD FREDERICKLance Corporal · August 12, 1968
- BOBBY FREEMANSergeant · August 12, 1968
- HARRY JAMES HAASSpecialist Four · August 12, 1968
- ROGER DALE HEDDENPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
From Costa Mesa
- ERIC B SPEAKCorporal · February 15, 1967
- LOYD LINDAL MCBROOMSergeant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES RICHARD LEELieutenant Commander · July 9, 1967
- JERRALD LEROY EDWARDSLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ROGER KIMO YAMANAKALance Corporal · March 4, 1968
- DAVID KING OMSTEADFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1968
- JAMES ODIS SPAWCorporal · August 18, 1968
- MICHAEL ROBERT MANGANSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
- ROGER LOUIS BROWNSpecialist Five · January 1, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWIN ROWEStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1969
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.