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JOHN CLYDE SILVER
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 18, 1947 – May 16, 1967
Service recordJohn Clyde Silver, of Wadena, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 11
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Wadena, Minnesota (Wadena County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 11
- RALPH DENNIS SALERNOPrivate · May 16, 1967
- DWIGHT ROSS STOCKHOLMPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- DANIEL ERNEST TOGNERIPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- BICKETT ORLANDO WADE JRSpecialist Four · May 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD THOMAS BISHSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 5
From Wadena
- JAMES ANTHONY KOCHPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
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.