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CLIFFORD WILLIAM SILVIA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 3, 1947 – July 17, 1967
Service recordClifford William Silvia, of Esmond, Rhode Island, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Esmond, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 83
- SAMUEL PAOLETTICorporal · July 17, 1967
- EARNEST DEE RITCHIESergeant · July 17, 1967
- DAVID ARLIE SMITHPrivate First Class · July 17, 1967
- DALE FRANCIS TEGELMANLance Corporal · July 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- AUSTIN BRUCE COOKStaff Sergeant · Panel 23E, Line 82
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.