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DAVID PAUL COVENY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 29, 1947 – September 30, 1967
Service recordDavid Paul Coveny, of Wyoming, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Wyoming, New York (Wyoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 33
- WILLIAM EARL WILSONSergeant · September 29, 1967
- WILLIAM MARTIN BRADLEYSpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- MICHEAL EUGENE CONROYLance Corporal · September 30, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES FRANCISSergeant · September 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEROY HAMMARSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 34
- MICHAEL JOE KRUGSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 34
- DALE MICHAEL LAUSESpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 34
From Wyoming
- JOHNNY H LEAKEPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
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.