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ANTHONY SILBA
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 2, 1932 – March 28, 1966
Service recordAnthony Silba, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Born
- February 2, 1932
- Home of record
- Woonsocket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 58
- MAARTEN DEGROOTLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ALBERT CHARLES RISINGSpecialist Four · March 28, 1966
- LEROY EUGENE SIMONSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD TAYLORSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
From Woonsocket
- LEWIS METCALFE WALLING JRSecond Lieutenant · February 11, 1962
- RONALD JOSEPH BRISSETTEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- PAUL LIONEL DURANDPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- RENE RAYMOND COUTUCorporal · August 27, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD DUCHARMELance Corporal · October 2, 1967
- DENNIS EDWARD BURKESecond Lieutenant · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM LAUZONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL RAYStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN FRISKSergeant · March 27, 1968
- CRAIG BARKER HOLTCorporal · May 26, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.