Scope and Contents

The collection consists of approximately a quarter of a linear foot of materials documenting Jeffrey Alan Kaufman's military service, training at the U.S. Army Training Center, Armor, Fort Knox, Kentucky. Kaufman joined the Army in October 1967 and completed Basic Training on 12 December 1967 and continued his training at Fort Knox in January 1968. He died from meningitis at Ireland Army Hospital on 1 February 1968.

The materials include Kaufman's death certificate; obituary; poetry; correspondence (e.g. letters to parents, Louis and Ida Kaurman from Fort Knox, letters of condolence upon Kaufman's death, letters of promotion); photographs; artifacts; patient's deposit record at Ireland Army Hospital; honorable service certificate; documents pertaining to the disposition of Kaufman's effects; obituary; invitation to Kaufman's Bar Mitzvah (1960); and Kaufman's Ohio University student ID card. The materials were donated to the archive by the Kaufman family.

Biographical / Historical

Jeffrey Alan Kaufman was born on March 27, 1947, to Louis Kaufman and Ida (Kolinsky) Kaufman of Shaker Heights, Ohio.

Kaufman attended Ohio University for 1.5 years before joining the Army in October 1967. He completed Basic Training on 12 December 1967 at Fort Knox, Ohio, and continued to Advanced Infantry Training. Kaufman (age 20) died from meningitis on February 1, 1968 at Ireland Army Hospital, Fort Knox, Kentucky.