1980 - 2006
Jacob Kovco Australian Military
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Details
| Birthday |
25th September, 1980
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| Birthplace |
Melbourne, Australia
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| Died |
21st April, 2006
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| Place of Death |
Baghdad, Iraq
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| Zodiac Sign |
Libra
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| Nationality |
Australian
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| Occupation |
Military
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Jacob Bruce "Jake" Kovco (25 September 1980 – 21 April 2006) was a private in the Australian Army who was killed while deployed to Iraq, fatally wounded by a single shot to the head from his own Browning 9mm sidearm. He was the first Australian soldier to die while deployed to the Middle East Area of Operations. A military inquiry found Private Kovco accidentally shot himself while mishandling his pistol. This conclusion was disputed by his family and on 2 April 2008, a second inquest returned a similar verdict, finding that his death was "irresponsibly self-inflicted", and that when he pulled his gun's trigger he "disregarded the possible consequences of danger".
