GREEN BERETS Rivest, Mark Henry

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Rivest ​

• FORENAME

Mark Henry ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (MACV-SOG-CCC) (Reaction Company) ​

• RANK

First Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

0-31344563​

• DATE OF DEATH

4th June 1970 ​

• AGE

24 ​

• GRAVESITE

St Rose DeLima of Chicopee Cemetery,Chicopee,Hampden County,Massachusetts ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Springfield,Massachusetts​

born 7.4.1946 Springfield,Massachusetts​

single​

son of Paul Henry and Catherine Elizabeth (nee Donovan) Rivest​

attended Lambert Lavoie School,Chicopee,Massachusetts​

graduated Cathedral High School,Springfield 1964​

attended Franklin and Marshall College,Lancaster,Pennsylvania​

entered service 26.3.1968 Springfield​

former Company B,2 Bn 501st Infantry Regiment,101st Airborne Division (or 502nd)​

Leadership and MP School,Fort Gordon,Georgia 1968​

awards Silver Star,Bronze Star with V,Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster,Army Commendation Medal​

KIA Laos​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 09W Line 9 ​

Ste Rose De Lima War Memorial,Chicopee,Massachusetts​

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