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WILLIAM F COVEY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 14, 1947 – June 30, 1965
Service recordWilliam F Covey JR, of Willimantic, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Willimantic, Connecticut (Windham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 25
- DOUGLAS WAUCHOPEFirst Lieutenant · June 29, 1965
- JOHN WEBSTER FINCHSpecialist Four · June 30, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN HENNEBERRYAirman Second Class · June 30, 1965
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
From Willimantic
- JOHN FRANCIS SHEAPrivate First Class · March 9, 1964
- GERALD DAVID BOYDWarrant Officer 1 · June 21, 1967
- HENRY WILFRED BERNARD JRLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT E HOPKINSSergeant · February 4, 1968
- HARRY ELSWORTH BLACKStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1969
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.