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ELWOOD D COVEY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 29, 1943 – December 29, 1966
Service recordElwood D Covey JR, of Newark, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 29, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 96
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Shore Fire Control Party Man (0849)
- Born
- March 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Newark, New York (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 96
- THOMAS N CARDIFF JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- BLAINE A DEBOARD JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- JAMES BRYAN ELDER JRPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CLARENCE E EVERETTMaster Sergeant · December 29, 1966
From Newark
- JAMES ALFRED MARSHALLFirst Lieutenant · June 18, 1965
- RICHARD IRVING BORNHEIMERSpecialist Five · August 2, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT MARSHPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- JAMES FRANK POTTERSergeant · August 2, 1969
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.