John Kovach Jr.

World War II
Service #20500764
Unit192nd Tank Battalion
RankTechnician Fourth Grade U.S. Army
Entered Service From Ohio
Date of DeathNovember 19 1942
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Kovach were accounted for in 2017, and his name remains permanently inscribed on the Walls of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.