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GARETH MACKENZIE SILVER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 30, 1948 – July 21, 1970
Service recordGareth Mackenzie Silver, of Palo Alto, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 40
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Palo Alto, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 40
- LOYD HOWARD SANDERSSergeant First Class · July 21, 1970
- MARVIN LEROY WAGNERChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 21, 1970
- LANNY JOHN WALLACEFirst Lieutenant · July 21, 1970
- SCOTT FRANCIS WEMETTEFireman · July 21, 1970
From Palo Alto
- GORDON LEE PAGEColonel · March 7, 1966
- RODNEY CLEVELAND UPCHURCHPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- ROGER C HALLBERGSergeant First Class · March 24, 1967
- KIERAN JOHN STARRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- DAVID JOHN UCKERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- RICHARD ARLAN STONESergeant · November 6, 1967
- DON PRIENSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- MICHAEL DURYEA LEEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JOHN DENIS PETERSCorporal · May 29, 1968
- PAUL ROSARIO LOFORTIWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 1968
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.