Charles Francis Prevedel

Vietnam War
Unit5th Special Forces Group
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Army
Entered Service FromFlorissant Missouri
Date of DeathApril 17 1969
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Staff Sergeant Prevedel was a member of Detachment B-52, 5th Special Forces Group. On April 17, 1969, he was a member of a reconnaissance team about 9 miles from Laos in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam and under attack. He was declared Missing in Action. His remains were recovered on November 16, 1991 and identified on November 18, 2003. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.