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DAVID ALLAN KOVAC
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 29, 1946 – December 27, 1965
Service recordDavid Allan Kovac, of Morgantown, West Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 42
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
- November 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Morgantown, West Virginia (Monongalia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1965; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 42
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- CHARLES RICHARD KIERPrivate First Class · December 27, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- PAUL CLIVE O TAYLORPrivate First Class · December 27, 1965
- RICHARD EDWIN WILSONLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
From Morgantown
- JAMES HOWARD SAWYERPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- WILBERT HERSHELL JOHNSONSergeant · November 17, 1965
- ROGER ALLEN BISESpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- JAMES CARL THOMASLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- MAJOR ROY DALTON JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD MESSENGERSergeant · July 15, 1967
- PAUL STEPHEN GOGGINLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT SULLIVAN HOSKINSPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- DEAN CALVIN SPENCER IIISpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
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.