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JAMES RUSSELL KOVAR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 12, 1939 – May 5, 1966
Service recordJames Russell Kovar, of Oneida, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 30
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 12, 1939
- Home of record
- Oneida, Illinois (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 30
- THOMAS DELL EASTMANPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HARTLEYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD MCMAHANPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- MACHUGHLEN MEECESpecialist Four · May 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOEL DANIEL COLEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 29
From Oneida
- MICHAEL LAVERNE PHEIFFERPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
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.