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HELDER ARTHUR C DASILVA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 28, 1942 – February 7, 1966
Service recordHelder Arthur C Dasilva, of Belleville, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Belleville, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 16
- JOHN PATRICK VAUGHNPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY COBBPrivate First Class · February 8, 1966
- CLARENCE GALLOWAYSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GENE E CHEPELYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 9
- GUY FORD SNYDERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 10
- DERLYN REYNOLD LEHMANNPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 12
From Belleville
- JOHN MICHAEL HOARPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- JERRY RICHARD DONATIELLOLance Corporal · November 20, 1967
- ROGER BRIAN CROWELLSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- DONALD BARON SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- FRANK ANTHONY CANCELLIERECorporal · March 15, 1969
- PAUL VINCENT NELSONCorporal · May 31, 1969
- WILLIAM ANDERSON BRANCHCaptain · June 6, 1970
- CARL LAWRENCE MICKENSCorporal · July 4, 1970
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.