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LAWRENCE CORNELIUS COVINGTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 18, 1949 – January 8, 1968
Service recordLawrence Cornelius Covington, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 79
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 79
- KENNETH DONALD BARRYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- CHARLES LAWRENCE BIFOLCHIMajor · January 8, 1968
- HOWARD MATTHEW BISSENPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- RUSSELL KEITH BLATZSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
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.