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RORY A COVINGTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 12, 1948 – February 29, 1968
Service recordRory A Covington, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 29, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 29, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 3
- JOHN W COOKWarrant Officer 1 · February 29, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM COOK JRSpecialist Four · February 29, 1968
- GEORGE WESLEY DEJARNETTSpecialist Four · February 29, 1968
- VICTOR DICAVALLUCCISecond Lieutenant · February 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DAVID LOCKW DUFFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 4
- HARRY IVAN FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 5
- JEFFERY GURVITZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42E, Line 8
- RICHARD ALAN RANDOLPHPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 9
- MAURICE LEO SIROISSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 9
- KENNETH RAY STEPHENSONSpecialist Five · Panel 42E, Line 10
- LARRY JOHN WALTERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 11
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.