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JOE REYES SILVA
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 10, 1948 – April 11, 1971
Service recordJoe Reyes Silva, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 120
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 10, 1948
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1971; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 120
- DOUGLAS ALLEN VARNERPrivate First Class · April 11, 1971
- RICHARD MICHAEL WARRENPrivate First Class · April 11, 1971
- DENNIS GEORGE DONOVANPrivate First Class · April 12, 1971
- ALFONZO LOUIS ESPINOZA JRPrivate First Class · April 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEONARD ARMSTRONGSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 117
- JACK PERRY BEGLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 118
- JEAN PIERRE HUMBERTStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 118
- JON MICHAEL MELIMSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 119
- EDWARD PERCY PILKINGTONCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 119
- JOSEPH A SCHOOLMEESTERSPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 119
- DOUGLAS ALLEN VARNERPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 120
- RICHARD MICHAEL WARRENPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 120
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.