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FRED GEORGE KOVARIK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 2, 1948 – March 28, 1970
Service recordFred George Kovarik, of Downers Grove, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 52
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Downers Grove, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1970; seven of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 52
- CHARLES GLEN HEWITTLance Corporal · March 28, 1970
- THOMAS EMILE LACOSTELance Corporal · March 28, 1970
- EARL LEROY POOLESpecialist Four · March 28, 1970
- SIDNEY EARL ROHLERCorporal · March 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DARRELL ADEN CAMERONCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 51
- KENNETH JAMES GARSKISergeant · Panel 12W, Line 51
- DENNIS MELVIN SCHULTZSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 53
- DARRELL SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 53
- DANIEL ROBERT TROYESergeant · Panel 12W, Line 53
- JAMES THOMAS WATSONSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 54
From Downers Grove
- CLEMENT SAM CASTALDOFireman · May 29, 1966
- ALLAN DAVID TIMMERMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROY BODDENMaster Sergeant · June 3, 1967
- HANS DIETRICK LANGESpecialist Four · June 8, 1967
- RONALD LEE ELZAPrivate First Class · June 12, 1967
- RAYMOND GEORGE HENGELSPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- SCOTT ALAN WRIGHTPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- IVAN CLIFFORD BROEFFLECorporal · May 9, 1968
- HOWARD EMERSON QUERRYSergeant · May 10, 1968
- DENNIS ALAN ORMONDSpecialist Four · March 9, 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.