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DAREL LEE SILLS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 1, 1941 – October 13, 1966
Service recordDarel Lee Sills, of Salem, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Still Photographic Specialist (84B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 246 PSY OPNS CO 571 MILT INTEL USARV
- Born
- September 1, 1941
- Home of record
- Salem, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 72
- WILLIAM JOSEPH COXPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- ERNEST GERALD PIPKINSergeant · October 13, 1966
- JOE LUIS RONJESergeant · October 13, 1966
- GEORGE MICHAEL SMYRYCHYNSKICorporal · October 13, 1966
From Salem
- DELBERT CHARLES LAFLEMMESpecialist Four · October 7, 1964
- ELVIS GORDON BARKERCaptain · March 1, 1965
- DAVID ALLEN MORGANStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1965
- DAVID GORDON RUSSELLLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- THEODORE JAMES SHORACK JRMajor · June 9, 1966
- ROBERT GRAHAM NOPPLieutenant Colonel · July 14, 1966
- JOHN DOUGLAS CAREYPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- GERALD WALLACE EVENHUSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- LARRY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- WALTER MACK PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · September 6, 1967
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.