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ARMAND ALVIN SYLVESTRE
Captain · U.S. Army
May 11, 1936 – July 15, 1968
Service recordArmand Alvin Sylvestre, of Nashua, New Hampshire, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 37
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 11, 1936
- Home of record
- Nashua, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 37
- CHRISTOPHER COWENSergeant · July 15, 1968
- JEREMIAH JOHN SAULNIERPlatoon Sergeant · July 15, 1968
- LARRY MICHAEL WELSHPrivate First Class · July 15, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES ZENICKSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN KENT DOUDSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 34
- HARLENE EUGENE MILLETTESergeant Major · Panel 52W, Line 36
From Nashua
- ROBERT LOUIS GARDNERSergeant · June 13, 1962
- CZESLAW KOWALCZYKStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- WILLIAM WILKOWSKY JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- DAVID HOWARD WELLERPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- MARTIN JAMES CORONISWarrant Officer 1 · July 11, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS FLANAGANStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1968
- WARREN RICHARD BROWNSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- KENNETH WALTER HALLLieutenant Colonel · June 24, 1968
- THOMAS DENNIS NADEAUSpecialist Four · August 11, 1968
- RICHARD LEE HALGRENAirman First Class · September 24, 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.