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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Michael Alan Sylvia.

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MICHAEL ALAN SYLVIA

Specialist Five · U.S. Army

May 9, 1947 – June 12, 1969

Service record

Michael Alan Sylvia, of Tiverton, Rhode Island, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 22W · Line 36

Position of Panel 22W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Five (SP5)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Personnel Specialist (71H)
Born
May 9, 1947
Home of record
Tiverton, Rhode Island (Newport County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 12, 1969
Age
22
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

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38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 22W, Line 36

From Tiverton

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.