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DOUGLAS HAROLD SILVERNAIL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 28, 1949 – October 7, 1970
Service recordDouglas Harold Silvernail, of Bloomfield, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Bloomfield, New York (Richmond County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 118
- CRAIG MARATTAPrivate · October 7, 1970
- ALBERT ELWOOD METTINGERSergeant First Class · October 7, 1970
- JOE HAROLD MORRISONSpecialist Four · October 7, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM BEEBECaptain · October 8, 1970
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.