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MARK HENRY RIVEST
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 7, 1946 – June 4, 1970
Service recordMark Henry Rivest, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1970, in Laos, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 9
- RAYMOND PAUL MCMAHONStaff Sergeant · June 4, 1970
- ROBERT EARL PHIPPSSergeant · June 4, 1970
- RICHARD EUGENE RUTHERFORDCorporal · June 4, 1970
- LARRY ANTHONY SALMONCorporal · June 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ARNO JOSEPH VOIGTSergeant First Class · Panel 9W, Line 11
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 1967
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.