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RICHARD DEAN COVERT JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 17, 1951 – February 14, 1971
Service recordRichard Dean Covert JR, of Pleasanton, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 102
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 17, 1951
- Home of record
- Pleasanton, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 102
- KARLHEINZ S SEIBERLINGLance Corporal · February 13, 1971
- STEVEN LEE SEIGLERSergeant · February 13, 1971
- FREDERICK PHILLIP SMITHCaptain · February 13, 1971
- DONALD GUSTAV VOGETStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RONALD CALVIN RUFFPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 103
- STEPHEN HENRY WARNERSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 104
From Pleasanton
- GARY PAUL MEYERPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- JOSEPH MARIO CAGNACCISpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOSEPH CLOUD JRSergeant · November 23, 1967
- ABEL JOSEPH DELA PAZPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- JEFFREY LYNN DAVISSpecialist Four · April 16, 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.