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JOHN MARTIN KOVANDA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 11, 1947 – November 29, 1967
Service recordJohn Martin Kovanda, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1967; nine of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 4
- PETER MYKAL HANSENFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1967
- DONALD LEE HETTICHCorporal · November 29, 1967
- LOUIS FARR JONESColonel · November 29, 1967
- JOHN PETER KURZSpecialist Four · November 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE RICHARD DUFFYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 3
- JOHN PETER KURZSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 4
- THEODORE MORGAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 5
- KENNETH HAROLD NORESpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 6
- WILLIE LEE SHEGOGSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 6
- JAMES ARTHUR SNOOKSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 7
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.