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David Covington AwardedIIBronze Star Oak ClusterrAn oak leaf cluster to the Bronze led to the confusion about his -Star Medal, equivalent of a second whereabouts. Hi; immediate superBronx* Star, has been awaid»*d t* mi apparently had not been in 1S Sgt. David L. Covington, son of formed of the special assignment *Mr. and Mrs. Leslie If. Covington, and reported him missing when he IRt 2, for heroic achievement m (ailed to answer roll call. 'action in Italy \ The nussmR, according tn a clisi What is known ot his military notch from the Filth army frontexperience is one of the freakish on which he served, seems to have stones of this uar, which must been a night 4 tnhat patrol thatwait for the soldier's hotnceoming vault'd a Clermun helri hill in Italy.to he fully told wiped out three enemy maohinegunOn Oct 8. his parents received a nest.-;, killed at least 20 Germans, telegram from the war department and brought back three prisoners ^reporting that Covington had been It is believed that the success ^ “missing in action” somewhere in of this patrol led to his citation tItaly since Sept 18. A few days for the first Bronze Star At that ♦ later, they receiver! a letter direct time, he was promote d from privfrom their son, written on Sep! ate first class to sergeant Since ,30—-nearly two weeks after he was then, lie has been made a stall srireported “missing — saving that geant. (he was in a rest camp and men i Details of the action which wonhoning nothing about having been for Covington hi second Bronze] | missing. Star are as yet unknown. HowThat mystery was partially ever, the Kenoshan, who enteredsolved in later letters telling how the army on October 8, 1943, and j the 19 year old Kenoshan had been has been overseas since May. 1944 \sent 011 a mission that presumably i is now enroute home from Europe 4t
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Kenosha Evening News
Kenosha, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Aug 16, 1945
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