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GARY WILLIS SILMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 21, 1949 – June 4, 1969
Service recordGary Willis Silman, of West Monroe, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 68
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1949
- Home of record
- West Monroe, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 68
- EDWIN FRANKLIN SHOLARWarrant Officer 1 · June 4, 1969
- HAROLD ALONZO SKAGGSPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- MICHAEL DENTIS TURNERSpecialist Five · June 4, 1969
- DONALD F VANCOOK JRFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEIGH BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 61
- GREGORY GERALD FUCHSCaptain · Panel 23W, Line 63
- ROY PHILLIP GARGUSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 64
- ROBERT LEE JENNINGSSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 65
- STEPHEN LORD ROBERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 67
- EDWIN FRANKLIN SHOLARWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 68
From West Monroe
- CARL DANIEL VIOLALance Corporal · May 30, 1966
- BUD AUGUSTINE GUILLORYPrivate · March 8, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM HAMILTON JRPetty Officer Second Class · April 25, 1967
- VOMER OVID WILSON JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY WORLEYPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT IRVING BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
- BOBBY RAY TALTONSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- CHARLIE EDWARD JENKINSSpecialist Four · July 21, 1968
- JOHN LESLIE BRATTONCorporal · November 11, 1968
- WILLIAM BENJAMIN EZELLLance Corporal · November 18, 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.