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JOSEPH FRANCIS COVELLA
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 17, 1928 – January 3, 1966
Service recordJoseph Francis Covella, of New York, New York, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 52
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- October 17, 1928
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 52
- RUBEN CLEVELAND ALSTONSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- VERNON LINDLY SHELLMANPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE SMITHPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- JUVENCIO TORRES-ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- RALPH ANTHONY DIDAMO JRConstructionman · January 3, 1966
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.