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GENE TRACY COVEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 30, 1947 – April 21, 1968
Service recordGene Tracy Covey, of Cottage Hills, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Cottage Hills, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 23
- RALPH MARTIN MAHONEYLance Corporal · April 21, 1968
- CECIL JOE MOSERStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1968
- CHARLES MRDJENOVICHSecond Lieutenant · April 21, 1968
- JOHN MYRON VAUGHNLance Corporal · April 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSE ANTONIO MARRERO-RIOSSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 18
From Cottage Hills
- RICHARD FINISA MOODYPrivate First Class · December 20, 1965
- GIL STEVENS WILFONGCorporal · August 14, 1969
- RUSSELL DAVID WATTSCorporal · May 24, 1970
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.