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HAROLD RAY SILVEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 14, 1948 – July 3, 1968
Service recordHarold Ray Silvey, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 5
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1948
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 5
- DONALD WAYNE OLSEN JRCorporal · July 3, 1968
- MELVIN JOHN SCHEUBLECorporal · July 3, 1968
- DANIEL CARL SCHUSTERChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 3, 1968
- FAY CLYDE SIMMONS IIILance Corporal · July 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD ANDREWSPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 40
- JIMMIE HANKERSONPrivate · Panel 54W, Line 40
- LAWRENCE NELSON CONEYSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 41
- DILLARD RAY LAYNEPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 2
- CHARLES ANTHONY MARIASergeant · Panel 53W, Line 3
- MELVIN JOHN SCHEUBLECorporal · Panel 53W, Line 5
- CLARENCE WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 6
- RONALD KEITH WEISTERPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 7
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.