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DENNIS RAY SILVESAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 24, 1948 – May 24, 1970
Service recordDennis Ray Silvesan, of Longview, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Longview, Washington (Cowlitz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1970; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 92
- ROBERT EUGENE RAGLANDSpecialist Four · May 24, 1970
- ALAN ROSSCorporal · May 24, 1970
- NICHOLAS EUGENE THOELESergeant · May 24, 1970
- RUSSELL DAVID WATTSCorporal · May 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN RICHARD BARKLEYCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 89
- MICHAEL PATRICK MURPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 91
- RUSSELL DAVID WATTSCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 92
- NICHOLAS WHITTIER VROOMANSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 93
From Longview
- CLAUDE FREDRICK WEIDERMANSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM PETER WAGNER IIISecond Lieutenant · June 21, 1967
- DAVID KIM AASENLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- GREGORY PAUL CURTISPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- LYNLEY LEE RASHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- MILTON EARL SPEARSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- GARY LEE WILKINSLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE RAYSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- BILLY BOB LEYERLEPrivate First Class · December 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.