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LEE VERN SILVER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 2, 1950 – February 17, 1969
Service recordLee Vern Silver, of Whitakers, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 51
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (61A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Whitakers, North Carolina (Edgecombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 32W, Line 51
- THOMAS WOODROW SANDERPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
- CHARLES EARL SCHOOLCRAFTStaff Sergeant · February 17, 1969
- JAMES DALE SNYDERLance Corporal · February 17, 1969
- RUSSELL WILLIAM WENDLERLance Corporal · February 17, 1969
From Whitakers
- MACK ARTHUR ALSTONSpecialist Four · September 13, 1967
- ALBERT ALLEN TIPPETTSpecialist Four · February 14, 1968
- EDDIE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- ODELL DICKENSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD DEBREWCorporal · May 10, 1970
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.