Webster’s
Fallen from the Vietnam War
DAVID ARMAND PROVOST
Personal
Data:
Birth
Date:
Birth
Place:
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Roman Catholic
U.S.
Citizen:
Father’s
Name:
Mother’s
Name:
Sibling
Names: Paul, Wayne, Craig, Darlene,
Joyce
Marital Status: Married
Spouse Name: Mary D. (Labay) Provost
Education:
Schools
Attended:
High
School Diploma:
Selective
Service Data:
SSS
Local Board Number:
SSS
Local Board Location:
Military
Service Record:
Entry Date: September 20, 1966
Entry
Mode:
Entry
Location:
Home of Record: Thompson, Connecticut
Service
Branch: Army
Service
Component:
Selective Service
Rank: Sergeant
Rank
Abbrev:
SGT
Pay
Grade:
E-5
MOS:
11B40
MOS
Title:
MOS
Background:
Awards Received: National Defense Service Medal; Vietnam Service Medal; Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
(While
it seems inconceivable that SGT Provost did not receive a Purple Heart, these are the only
three awards reported by the National Archives and Records Administration on
March 9, 2009.]
Badges
Earned:
(As report by NARA on March 9, 2009)
Posthumous
Promotion: No
Length
of Service:
Southeast
Asia Tour Data:
Date Tour Commenced: October 4, 1967
Major Command: 198th Light Infantry Brigade
Land
Assignment:
Regiment: 6th
Infantry
Battalion:
1st
Battalion
Company: C
Company
Casualty
Data:
Casualty
Date:
Casualty
Time:
Casualty
Age:
21
Casualty
Data 1: Hostile,
Died
Casualty
Data 2: Artillery, Rocket, Mortar
Casualty
Data 3: Ground Casualty
Casualty Province: Quang Tin
Casualty
Country:
South Vietnam
Located
In Or Near:
Body Recovered: Yes
Burial/Memorial:
Burial
Location:
Burial
Plot Location:
Burial
Date:
Consigned
Funeral Home:
Military
Escort Name:
Webster's Fallen Casualty Order: 7 of 9
Vietnam
Veterans Memorial Panel Number:
60W
Line Number:
4
