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CARY HUBERT SILER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 27, 1945 – April 11, 1967
Service recordCary Hubert Siler, of Hindsville, Arkansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Hindsville, Arkansas (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 17
- MEDARD A J RUEHLEFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 1967
- WILLIS WHITE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- DANIEL GREGORY ZEGARACLance Corporal · April 11, 1967
- JACK HERBERT ANDERSONSecond Lieutenant · April 12, 1967
From Hindsville
- JOHN EDWARD POOLECorporal · November 15, 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.