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RICHARD BLAINE PROVEAUX
Private · U.S. Army
December 30, 1949 – June 12, 1969
Service recordRichard Blaine Proveaux, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 36
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 36
- LEO PIERCESpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
- PAUL R ROSSCorporal · June 12, 1969
- CARL MICHAEL SNEEDSergeant · June 12, 1969
- MICHAEL ALAN SYLVIASpecialist Five · June 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LEONARD BARTLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 30
- TERRY RANDALL JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 33
- DONALD MICHAEL WAYMANPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 37
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.