Roster: Proviso Students Who Died in the Vietnam War

L/Cpl. Dwight Farwell Bennett Jr. Born: 19 May 1948 Parents: Dwight F. Bennett Sr. & Dorothy Bennett Siblings: 2 sisters. 1 brother Hometown: Melrose Park, Illinois Education: – Proviso East High

PFC Thomas Earl Connor Born: 13 April 1947 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Leon Conner Siblings: 1 brother Nickname: Tommie Hometown: Maywood, Illinois Education: – Proviso East High School – Class of

PFC Thomas Howard Heise Born: 8 October 1950 – Melrose Park, Illinois Parents: George & Alice Heise Siblings: 1 sister Hometown: Maywood, Illinois Education: – Proviso East High School  – Class of

Sp/4 Charles Norbert Kowalk Born: 19 September 1949 Parents: Norbert Kowalk & Elenor Galdlkas-Kowalk Siblings: 2 brother Nickname: Chuck Education: Proviso East High School – Class of 1967 Inducted: U.S. Army – radio

Pvt. Joseph A. Maggio Jr. Born: 17 July 1947 – Melrose Park, Illinois Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Maggio Sr. Siblings: 2 brothers Home: 1410 North 21st Avenue

PFC Earl Thomas Pearson Jr. Born: 22 January 1950 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Earl T. Pearson Sr. Home: 847 South 20th Avenue, Maywood, Illinois Education: Proviso East High School,

PFC William Joseph Scannell Born: 13 February 1948 – Illinois Parents: Lawrence Scannell & Mary Stivers-Scannell Siblings: 1 sister Nickname: Billy Hometown: Forest Park, Illinois Education: – Proviso East High School – Class

Sp/5 William James Simpson Born: 12 March 47 Parents: Eugene & Jeanette Simpson Sr. Home: 1424 Marengo Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois Siblings: 1 brother Education: Proviso East High School – left

PFC Jon Peter Turk Born: 27 June 1948 – Illinois Parents: Joseph Turk & Gwendolyn Elsner-Turk Siblings: 2 brothers Hometown: Melrose Park, Illinois Education: – Proviso East High School – Class of