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Name: Army Pfc. Dwane A. Covert Jr.
Age: 20
From: Tonawanda, N.Y.;
Assigned to the 104th Transportation Company, 13th Corps Support Sustainment Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga.;
Incident: Army Pfc. Dwane A. Covert Jr. died Nov. 3 in Al-Sahra, Iraq, from injuries sustained in a non-combat-related incident.
Died:
November
03, 2007
Buffalo-area soldier dies in Iraq
The Associated Press
TONAWANDA, N.Y. — A 20-year-old soldier who was looking forward to the birth of his daughter was killed in a non-combat explosion in Iraq.
Army Pfc. Dwane Covert Jr. of the Town of Tonawanda joined the Army in 2006 and shipped out to Iraq in October of that year. He was assigned to the 104th Transportation Company, 13th Corps, Support Sustainment Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division in Fort Benning, Ga.
Covert died Saturday in Al-Sahra, Iraq when a cylindrical object he picked up while cleaning up around the base exploded, his mother, Teresa Covert, said.
He was the father of a 22-month-old son and was expecting a daughter in December. He had already named the...
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| Prayers & Condolences For: Dwane A Covert Jr BY Anonymous on Nov 20, 2007 | | | We will pray for him and his family.
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| Prayers & Condolences For: Dwane A Covert Jr BY Anonymous on Nov 13, 2007 | | | My heart hurts for your lose but it has is full of love for you too , he gave all for you and me and for that he will never be forgoten, my his children know that there father was a man not afraid to stand up and fight for what he belived in , and also let then know that he will always be looking down on you all , my brother SPC Rush Jenkins also gave all for you and me on Oct 30th in Iraq so may we find comfort together that they are watching over us and forever will be , Dwane will never beforgoten
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