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PETER FRANK KOVACH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 4, 1948 – August 24, 1968
Service recordPeter Frank Kovach, of West Orange, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1948
- Home of record
- West Orange, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 5
- FRANK JAY LACEYPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- MELVIN EARL LADEWIGCaptain · August 24, 1968
- DONALD GARY LAMMERSFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- DEAN LAVERNE LANGStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CARL LEE BORGENSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 59
- DONALD PATRICK CALDWELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47W, Line 59
- RICHARD PAUL CAZINPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 1
- RANDALL SCOTT FLETCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 1
- JAMES T GRIFFIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 2
- JOSEF PAUL INTIHARSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 3
- KURT KARL JOBST JRSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 4
- LEWIS KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 4
- FRANK JAY LACEYPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 5
- RICHARD ANTHONY PARKERPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 7
- DAVID NILSSON RASMUSSENSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 7
- JAMES EDGAR SANDERS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 8
- BILLY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 8
- RAYMOND PAUL SPINLERSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 9
- JAMES WALLERPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 10
- RICHARD ALEXANDRA WARESpecialist Five · Panel 46W, Line 10
From West Orange
- CHARLES DANIEL PIZZIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT BOLANDPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- GERALD LOUIS DEROSEPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- ROBERT WALTER WOODSSpecialist Four · August 13, 1968
- CHARLES VANDERBILT LANGMajor · September 12, 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.