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PVT John Young Covington

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PVT John Young Covington Veteran

Birth
Pembroke, Christian County, Kentucky, USA
Death
10 Oct 1918 (aged 21)
Yaphank, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Burial
Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section R
Memorial ID
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14th Co, 4th Training Battalion, 158, Depot Brigade.
Died of pneumonia 10 Oct 1918, Camp Upton, New York.
Notified Hattie E. Covington, wife, E. State St., Akron, O.
--Ohio Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, World War, 1917-1918, page 3435
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In 1934, the Hopkinsville Women's Club raised money to build a concrete pathway in Riverside Cemetery to honor the 27 men who gave their lives during WWI. The paved pathway was named Memorial Drive. The club placed a marker dedicated to the WWI veterans in the center of the drive. Individual markers with the names of the fallen soldiers encircle the drive.

PVT Covington is honored on one of those markers. His memorial marker is located on Memorial Drive, Riverside Cemetery.
14th Co, 4th Training Battalion, 158, Depot Brigade.
Died of pneumonia 10 Oct 1918, Camp Upton, New York.
Notified Hattie E. Covington, wife, E. State St., Akron, O.
--Ohio Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, World War, 1917-1918, page 3435
~~
In 1934, the Hopkinsville Women's Club raised money to build a concrete pathway in Riverside Cemetery to honor the 27 men who gave their lives during WWI. The paved pathway was named Memorial Drive. The club placed a marker dedicated to the WWI veterans in the center of the drive. Individual markers with the names of the fallen soldiers encircle the drive.

PVT Covington is honored on one of those markers. His memorial marker is located on Memorial Drive, Riverside Cemetery.


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