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KENNETH WAYNE PREVOST
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 4, 1948 – March 13, 1970
Service recordKenneth Wayne Prevost, of La Mesa, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 984 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- August 4, 1948
- Home of record
- La Mesa, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 123
- DAVID WAYNE MARTINPrivate · March 13, 1970
- DARWIN STUART PETERSONPrivate First Class · March 13, 1970
- JOSEPH MARION PILOTTESergeant · March 13, 1970
- DOUGLAS RAY ROESTSergeant · March 13, 1970
From La Mesa
- ROGER VIRGIL KELLEYLance Corporal · September 29, 1967
- DOUGLAS BRUCE BAUMSergeant · November 18, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH DINAPOLISeaman · December 23, 1967
- JAMES PEYTON CROOKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- PHILLIP DOUGLAS LAFRAMBOISEStaff Sergeant · February 29, 1968
- DIETER RUDOLF VATERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- MICHAEL MILLER JRPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
- CRAIG HABERLEINSergeant · June 19, 1969
- RAYMOND TORRESStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1969
- MICHAEL HENRY SHANLEY JRSergeant First Class · December 2, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.