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FRANKLIN ROSADO SILOS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 22, 1952 – October 10, 1971
Service recordFranklin Rosado Silos, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 37
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1952
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1971; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 37
- CHESTER ANTHONY LUCChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 10, 1971
- ELDON LYLE SHAPLEYSpecialist Five · October 10, 1971
- THOMAS JOSEPH STANUSHWarrant Officer 1 · October 10, 1971
- WILLIAM JIMENEZ-ACEVEDOSpecialist Five · October 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FEENEYSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 36
- DAVID JOHN FUNESSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 36
- CHESTER ANTHONY LUCChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 37
- THOMAS JOSEPH STANUSHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 37
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.