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JOSE A C SILVEIRA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 20, 1947 – January 2, 1968
Service recordJose A C Silveira, of Turlock, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 22
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Turlock, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 22
- JAMES ALLAN PRICEPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- GERALD FRANK RIEDLBERGERPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- SAMUEL RIVERA-FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- RALPH LEE ROTTERPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY WAYNE BIRMINGHAMSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 16
- GARY EVERET CLAYTONSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 17
- JEFFRY ARTHUR LARSONCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 19
- FREDERICK LEE MANLYCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 20
- FREDERICK ANDREW PINESpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 21
- GERALD FRANK RIEDLBERGERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 22
- WILLIAM EDWARD STAINERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 23
- TOMMY GENE STOVERSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 24
- HENRY VALENZUELA JRCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 24
From Turlock
- GARY CONVERS PARKINSONHospitalman · March 4, 1968
- STEVEN EPEFANIO AMESCUAPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- ANTHONY JAMES BLEVINSPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- LARRY MICHAEL SABOSpecialist Four · October 2, 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.