Proviso Township High School 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 School
– Class of 1966
Enlisted:
– U.S. Marine
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 1965
Enlisted:
– U.S. Marine Corps
– Not Known
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 1968
Enlisted:
– U.S. Marine Corps
– 1968
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 operator
Killed in Action: 21 May 1971
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 – Melrose Park, Illinois
Education:
– Proviso East High School
–
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, Maywood, Illinois
– Class of 1968
Enlisted: 13 September 1968
Vietnam:
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 of 1967
Enlisted:
– U.S. Army
–
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 high school after 2 years
Enlisted: U.S. Army –
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 1967
– left school before graduating
Inducted:
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