Walter Steele Covington, Jr.


  • Cadet Company I (Source: The Sphinx 1943)
  • Age 19
  • Date of birth 1-Apr-25
  • Born in Rockingham, Richmond Cty
  • Hometown Rockingham
  • Country Liege
  • Family W.S. Covington (father), Agnes W. Covington (mother)
  • Service Number S/N 34679915
  • Entered the service from North Carolina
  • Enlistment date 27-aug-43
  • Company H ("K" in orig. Report of Burial)
  • Battalion 2nd
  • Regiment 28th Infantry
  • Division 8th Infantry
  • Theater Europe
  • Battle Huertgen Forest
  • Status KIA
  • Casualty details KIA, Europe
  • Place of death Vossenack, Germany
  • Spot vicinity Bergstein
  • Awards Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, CIB
  • Grave number Plot D, Row 10, Grave 9
  • Town Henri-Chapelle
  • Biography Cenotaph: Eastside Cemetery, Rockingham, Richmond, NC, USA