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GERALD LEON SILVERSTEIN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 23, 1943 – August 19, 1969
Service recordGerald Leon Silverstein, of New York, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 74
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 74
- ROBERT NORMAN SMITHColonel · August 19, 1969
- ROBERT GEORGE SOLOMONSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- PAUL ALLAN SPARKSPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- JOHN WALTER VOYLESCorporal · August 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEWART JAMES LAVIGNECorporal · Panel 19W, Line 69
- STEPHEN LEE MARTINOCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 70
- JOHN DAVID PLUMMERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 72
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.