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HOPSON COVINGTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 20, 1943 – December 29, 1967
Service recordHopson Covington, of Bristol, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 91
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Bristol, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 91
- JON MICHAEL CAPPAERTSecond Lieutenant · December 29, 1967
- GEAN PRESTON CLAPPERChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- CHARLES PETER CLAXTONColonel · December 29, 1967
- CARLOS RAFAEL CRUZMajor · December 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLIFTON HENSONCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 94
From Bristol
- CARL EUGENE FELLSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE F RUNEYSecond Lieutenant · June 28, 1966
- WALTER W SHIPLEY JRStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HARRY HAWORTHSergeant · May 25, 1967
- REGINALD ALFONSO STANCILFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1968
- M RAYMOND REEVESSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- TERRY JOSEPH PATRICK NEILLCorporal · June 23, 1968
- DONALD WILLIAM HALLOWSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM HAWRYSHKOPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 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.