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ANTONIO SILVA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 30, 1949 – June 4, 1970
Service recordAntonio Silva, of Westley, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 10
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Westley, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 10
- EUGENE SELDERSPrivate First Class · June 4, 1970
- RUSSELL DELMAR SHUESergeant · June 4, 1970
- JOHN FREDERICK TILLOU JRCorporal · June 4, 1970
- ARCADIO TORRESFirst Sergeant · June 4, 1970
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.