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JORGE ALVARADO SILVAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 8, 1948 – August 30, 1968
Service recordJorge Alvarado Silvas, of Douglas, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 10
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Douglas, Arizona (Cochise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 10
- ORIL WILLIAM HAWLEYPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- WILLIAM HASKELL SMOCKPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- TADEUSZ SOSNIAKMaster Sergeant · August 30, 1968
- JOHN LEO TRACYPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES COLON BAXTERSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 4
- GARY LYNN KLINGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 7
- TOBIAS EARL MARKUSENPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 7
- ROBERT JOHN MERCERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 45W, Line 8
- MARVIN RUSSELL PARKERCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 8
- GARY GENE RODGERSCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 9
- WILLIAM EDWARD WOLFE JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 45W, Line 11
From Douglas
- JOSE LUIS MORENOSergeant · August 28, 1966
- ANTONIO MONTANO SALINASPrivate First Class · July 24, 1967
- GEORGE ROJAS YCOCOSeaman · November 24, 1967
- MARK AUGUST LAMPRECHTPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- ROBERT ANTHONY ROMEROSpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
- GERONIMO LOPEZ GRIJALVAPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
- RENE MEDEGUARIPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD PARTONCorporal · July 4, 1972
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.