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HOPSON COVINGTON
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HOPSON COVINGTON
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POSTED ON 2.24.2011
POSTED BY: Robert Sage
We Remember
Hopson is buried at Philadelphia United Methodist Church Cemetery, Rockingham, Richmond County,NC.
POSTED ON 8.23.2003
POSTED BY: Jim McIlhenney
Two Bucks Soldiers Killed by Enemy Fire in Vietnam Combat
Two Bucks Soldiers Killed by Enemy Fire in Vietnam Combat
Army Pfc. Hopson Covington, 24, of 1106 Court J, Bristol Terrace, Bristol, was married and the father of two girls, Brenda, 5 and Lisa, 4.
He died December 22 (sic) of wounds suffered a week earlier.
A native of Rockingham, N.C., he had lived in Bristol, most of his life and was a graduate of Delhaas High School. He will be buried Sunday in Rockingham after services Friday evening at the Community Baptist Church in Bristol.
Article taken in part from The Philadelphia Inquirer on January 4, 1968. The other soldier mentioned in the article was 2LT Ronald J. Siengo, of Cornwells Heights, PA.
Army Pfc. Hopson Covington, 24, of 1106 Court J, Bristol Terrace, Bristol, was married and the father of two girls, Brenda, 5 and Lisa, 4.
He died December 22 (sic) of wounds suffered a week earlier.
A native of Rockingham, N.C., he had lived in Bristol, most of his life and was a graduate of Delhaas High School. He will be buried Sunday in Rockingham after services Friday evening at the Community Baptist Church in Bristol.
Article taken in part from The Philadelphia Inquirer on January 4, 1968. The other soldier mentioned in the article was 2LT Ronald J. Siengo, of Cornwells Heights, PA.
POSTED ON 2.7.2003
POSTED BY: Doll Hargrove
I remember "Sneak"
Hopson "Sneak-a-Peak" was the son of Mr. Thomas Covington, one of my Dad's close friends. Sneak was one of the first (or maybe even the first)African American in Bucks County, PA, killed in action during the Vietnam era. I remember attending "Sneaks" funeral service which was held at the Community Baptist Church in Bristol, PA. What I remembered most about the service was the emotional reaction of his father. He said: "They took my son, he was my only son". It was so heart wrenching to see Mr. Tommy so distraught at the loss of his only son.
"Sneak", you are remembered
"Sneak", you are remembered