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CLAUDE HENRY COVINGTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 24, 1946 – April 23, 1968
Service recordClaude Henry Covington, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 37
- RONALD HARRY CHILCOTTPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- JESSE JAMES COONSergeant · April 23, 1968
- CHARLES STANLEY COXPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- JAMES BRANNAH CROCKETTChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM GERALD BANEY JRSpecialist Five · Panel 51E, Line 35
- HARLEY FRANKLIN GRIGGSStaff Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 39
- ANDRES LU NARVAEZ-MARREROSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 41
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.