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ROLAND ANDRE PROVENCAL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 21, 1942 – May 29, 1966
Service recordRoland Andre Provencal, of Ware, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 121
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 21, 1942
- Home of record
- Ware, Massachusetts (Hampshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 121
- LEONARD EARL PEACOCKSergeant · May 29, 1966
- WALLACE EDWARD PILSONSergeant · May 29, 1966
- RONALD RALICHPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- ROY JAMES RICHARDPrivate · May 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 120
- WILBUR RAY LUCASSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 122
- WALTER JUNIOR SALLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 122
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 123
From Ware
- WILLIAM FRANCIS SEVENEYPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
- ALFRED L JASNOCHA JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR BORONSKISergeant First Class · March 24, 1970
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.