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KEVIN BERNARD MCGOVERN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 20, 1947 – July 12, 1968
Service recordKevin Bernard McGovern, of Freeport, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Freeport, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 19
- GERALD EVERETT HETRICKLance Corporal · July 12, 1968
- CECIL SCOTT MURRAYLance Corporal · July 12, 1968
- GEORGE WILLARD PATTERSONLance Corporal · July 12, 1968
- WILLIAM E WATTSPrivate First Class · July 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JEROME MATHEWSPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 20
From Freeport
- RICHARD F LABARBERAPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- DON BROWN PARSONS JRLieutenant Commander · September 19, 1966
- VICTOR JOSEPH RUGGERO JRPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- ROBERT MICHAEL WAINZLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- DENNIS PATRICK MOLESEPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JAMES LEE SHANKSMajor · May 24, 1968
- BRUCE ROBERT J N SWEENEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1968
- VIESTURS REIKMANISSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
- THOMAS LAWRENCE MORANOSpecialist Four · February 8, 1970
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.