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WAYNE THOMAS PROVENCHER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 19, 1949 – May 10, 1968
Service recordWayne Thomas Provencher, of Concord, New Hampshire, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 12
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Concord, New Hampshire (Merrimack County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 12
- RUDY LOPEZPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN MOLTZANSpecialist Five · May 10, 1968
- JAMES RAYMOND OVESONLance Corporal · May 10, 1968
- ROBERT LEE OWENSSergeant · May 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY ALLEN BOCHESpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 4
- GARY LEE GADZIALAPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 7
- DONALD LEWIS HARDENSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 8
- RUDY LOPEZPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 12
From Concord
- ERNEST GEORGE PAULPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- EVERETT PORTER RUNNELLSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- WALTER ALECK MURZINLance Corporal · October 2, 1966
- RONALD D ROACHSergeant · February 12, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN SALTMARSHPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- GEORGE PHILIP DESMARAISPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- WILLIAM R DOUILLETTE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
- DOUGLAS EARL STOVERWarrant Officer 1 · March 26, 1969
- GARY CHESTER TOWLECorporal · May 24, 1969
- RONALD LEON OLSONSpecialist Four · November 24, 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.