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WILLIAM LEE COVINGTON
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
June 5, 1943 – January 7, 1969
Service recordWilliam Lee Covington, of Rome, Georgia, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on January 7, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 120
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Civil Engineer Corps (5100)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 30 NC RGT 3 NC BDE
- Born
- June 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Rome, Georgia (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 7, 1969
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 120
- PAUL ANTHONY BENKERTSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- EDWIN STEVEN BRAGUE JRFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1967
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- WILLY VASCILLE QUASTStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
From Rome
- WILLIAM WELTON ENGLISH JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- LEROY BOYD WEBBSecond Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAY FOWLERHospitalman · May 10, 1967
- THOMAS STEVEN JONESSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE DIXONPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- JOHNNY EDWARD GANTTSergeant · March 26, 1968
- JOHNNY WAYNE SITTENLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- JOHN DAVID GOLLAHONLieutenant (junior grade) · June 30, 1968
- RICHARD LEE JUSTICELance Corporal · July 24, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD FINLEYSpecialist Four · February 2, 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.