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JERRY K COVEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 23, 1946 – September 21, 1967
Service recordJerry K Covey, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 100
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Artillery Mechanic (45F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Muskogee, Oklahoma (Muskogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 100
- TROY WESLEY COKLEYPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY COOMESPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- JIMMY DOUGLAS CURRYCorporal · September 21, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD DENNYPetty Officer Second Class · September 21, 1967
From Muskogee
- JOSEPH WILLIAM BURKETTMajor · July 13, 1964
- BUREN RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- RAYMOND PEARL JRStaff Sergeant · October 29, 1966
- CLAUDE NATHANIEL WILLIAMSCaptain · November 25, 1966
- RONALD STEWART ALLEN IIIStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1967
- GARY R HOLLANDPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- GARRY RAYMOND CHAPMANSergeant · May 5, 1968
- JERRY LEE CHAMBERSLieutenant Colonel · May 22, 1968
- JEDD EDWARD ASHBYSergeant · August 28, 1968
- REX LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · September 13, 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.