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HERMAN WILLIAM SILVEE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 4, 1945 – August 1, 1965
Service recordHerman William Silvee, of Galveston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 1, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 47
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Galveston, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 47
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- RANDALL EUGENE FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
- JOSEPH EDWARD BOWERMajor · August 3, 1965
From Galveston
- JOE CHARLES LILE IISpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- WALTER MULLER JRSergeant · August 12, 1966
- FELIX RICO RAMOS JRLance Corporal · August 21, 1966
- RICHARD ALAN NANCEAirman First Class · October 25, 1966
- MARION LEE KEMPNERSecond Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- GREGORY C CLEMENTCaptain · February 23, 1967
- ARMANDO GALLARDOCorporal · April 24, 1967
- FRANK HENRY BERAN IIILance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- JOHN LANE WINTERSSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
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.