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We Honor and Remember:
 "No Challenge Too Great"
Capt. James M. Gurbisz
Hometown: Eatontown, NJ. Age: 25 years old. Died: November 4th, 2005. Unit: 26th Fwd Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Div, Fort Stewart, GA. Birth: Sep. 13, 1980, Eatontown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA. United States Army soldier killed supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. A platoon leader of the 26th Forward Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division; he was killed in Baghdad during a scouting mission in Baghdad. A 1998 graduate from Monmouth Regional High School in Tinton Falls New Jersey, he was a star athlete and scholar. Graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from West Point in 2002, the first graduating class following the September 11, 2001. Burial: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA. Plot: Section 60 Site 8151 |
Mrs. & Mr.
James M. Gurbisz
Jim and his beautiful bride, Victoria (Tori), on their wedding day.
Obituary:
There wasn't a lot James M. Gurbisz didn't excel at.
He was captain of the football team during his junior and senior years in high school. He also played varsity baseball, served as president of the student council and held a 4.5 grade point average. "He was respected as a student and as an athlete," said Anthony Gaetano, who coached Gurbisz for two years of football. "He was that kid who was the team clown, but he was a leader as well. Kids followed him."
Gurbisz, 25, of Eatontown, N.J., was killed Nov. 4 by a roadside bomb in Baghdad.
He was a 2002 graduate of West Point and was assigned to Fort Stewart. His father, an Army helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War, wasn't surprised when his son chose to go to college at West Point.
As a boy, James loved to visit Fort Monmouth and always had an interest in the military, Kenneth Gurbisz said. "That was Jimmy," his father recalled. "That was probably his calling, with all his dedication and all his hard work. He believed in what West Point stood for. And he did very well up there."
He also is survived by his wife, Victoria, his parents, Kenneth and Helen, and by a sister, Kathleen, 28.
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There wasn't a lot James M. Gurbisz didn't excel at.
He was captain of the football team during his junior and senior years in high school. He also played varsity baseball, served as president of the student council and held a 4.5 grade point average. "He was respected as a student and as an athlete," said Anthony Gaetano, who coached Gurbisz for two years of football. "He was that kid who was the team clown, but he was a leader as well. Kids followed him."
Gurbisz, 25, of Eatontown, N.J., was killed Nov. 4 by a roadside bomb in Baghdad.
He was a 2002 graduate of West Point and was assigned to Fort Stewart. His father, an Army helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War, wasn't surprised when his son chose to go to college at West Point.
As a boy, James loved to visit Fort Monmouth and always had an interest in the military, Kenneth Gurbisz said. "That was Jimmy," his father recalled. "That was probably his calling, with all his dedication and all his hard work. He believed in what West Point stood for. And he did very well up there."
He also is survived by his wife, Victoria, his parents, Kenneth and Helen, and by a sister, Kathleen, 28.
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Helen (Mom) - Jim - Kathleen (big sister) - Ken (Dad)
Jim's West Point graduation
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Arlington - Christmas 2011.
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IN MEMORY OF JAMES GURBISZ
CAPTAIN US ARMY
SEPTEMBER 13 1980
NOVEMBER 4 2005
DIED IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM
AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY
THE BRONZE STAR AND PURPLE HEART
GRADUATE OF THE WEST POINT MILITARY
ACADEMY CLASS OF 2002
HE EPITOMIZED THE ACADEMY MOTTO
DUTY HONOR COUNTRY
AND WHEN OUR WORK IS DONE. OUR COURSE ON
EARTH IS RUN. MAY IT BE SAID
"WELL DONE BE THOU AT PEACE"
WEST POINT ALMA MATER
CAPTAIN US ARMY
SEPTEMBER 13 1980
NOVEMBER 4 2005
DIED IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM
AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY
THE BRONZE STAR AND PURPLE HEART
GRADUATE OF THE WEST POINT MILITARY
ACADEMY CLASS OF 2002
HE EPITOMIZED THE ACADEMY MOTTO
DUTY HONOR COUNTRY
AND WHEN OUR WORK IS DONE. OUR COURSE ON
EARTH IS RUN. MAY IT BE SAID
"WELL DONE BE THOU AT PEACE"
WEST POINT ALMA MATER
