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ARTURO SYLVESTER SISNEROS
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 26, 1949 – May 10, 1969
Service recordArturo Sylvester Sisneros, of Dexter, New Mexico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 43
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- November 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Dexter, New Mexico (Chaves County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 43
- DONALD ROBERT SANDERS JRStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- CHARLES PORTER SMITH JRCorporal · May 10, 1969
- RONNY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- ALLAN EMILE STAHLSTROMWarrant Officer 1 · May 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ESTILL TANKERSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 42
From Dexter
- JOSE L SANCHEZSpecialist Four · June 1, 1969
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.