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LEWIS DEVERN PROBART
Captain · U.S. Army
March 27, 1943 – July 17, 1969
Service recordLewis Devern Probart, of Pocatello, Idaho, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1969, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 11
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Pocatello, Idaho (Bannock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 11
- JAMES EDWARD LEACHPrivate First Class · July 17, 1969
- RICHARD GREGORY PHILLIPSSpecialist Five · July 17, 1969
- JULIO QUINONES JRPrivate First Class · July 17, 1969
- GARY WALTON REEDSpecialist Four · July 17, 1969
From Pocatello
- GRANT LEROY CLARKCorporal · October 30, 1965
- MICHAEL LEE CROUSONPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- RONALD GRANT MOTTISHAWSergeant · February 16, 1967
- CURTIS RICHARD BOHLSCHEIDCaptain · June 11, 1967
- WILLIAM E LEMMONSMajor · June 18, 1967
- ROBERT WILBUR LARISONCorporal · November 1, 1967
- GARY VIRGIL FRAZIERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANK GREENSpecialist Four · March 10, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE POLETTILance Corporal · September 10, 1968
- DOUGLAS NOEL ROWECorporal · March 9, 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.