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JOSEPH ARTHUR SILON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 27, 1952 – March 4, 1971
Service recordJoseph Arthur Silon JR, of Far Rockaway, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 27, 1952
- Home of record
- Far Rockaway, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 22
- JAMES JOHN SHERECKCaptain · March 4, 1971
- GEORGE ANTHONY SPENCESergeant · March 4, 1971
- JOHN THOMAS STRAWNSpecialist Six · March 4, 1971
- ARVID PALMER THORMODSGARDFirst Lieutenant · March 4, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHARLIE TIDWELL GAZAWAYSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 21
From Far Rockaway
- ELBERT R HUBSCHMITT JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- MICHAEL FREDRICK ELFLEINCorporal · August 31, 1967
- COSMO FRANCIS PACETTAPrivate First Class · September 5, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DORANCorporal · September 8, 1967
- STEVEN VICTOR GOLDSTEINPrivate First Class · February 26, 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.