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ELWOOD CHARLES SOVEY JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 14, 1945 – May 4, 1967
Service recordElwood Charles Sovey JR, of Rockwood, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 4, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 40
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- October 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Rockwood, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 40
- LEWIS RAYMOND NICKERSONPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- OSCAR ROBERT PARROTTLance Corporal · May 4, 1967
- WILLIAM HOWARD RIVERSPetty Officer Third Class · May 4, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD ROGERSMajor · May 4, 1967
From Rockwood
- GARRY WRIGHTLance Corporal · June 4, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FOWLERSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- DONALD JERRY HANNINGCaptain · September 3, 1972
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.