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RITO SILVA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 7, 1947 – June 18, 1968
Service recordRito Silva, of Alice, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 30
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Alice, Texas (Jim Wells County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “K CO 3 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 30
- CHARLES LEE COLLEPSSergeant · June 17, 1968
- STEPHEN FREDRICK TURNERSpecialist Four · June 18, 1968
- MARK ANDREW WENZELWarrant Officer 1 · June 18, 1968
- DONALD EMERY WHITERSLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- DANIEL ANDREW WITKOPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FERGUS JOSEPH CARROLLCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 18
From Alice
- FORTUNATO LUNA JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- ADAN MONSIVAIS OLVERAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- HARDY WINSTON PEEPLESCaptain · January 21, 1967
- GILBERTO BARRERAPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RODOLFO TREVINOSergeant · December 15, 1967
- ALFONSO IBANEZSpecialist Four · January 14, 1968
- OSCAR CONANDO GALLEGOSStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1968
- WILLARD ORVAL PACKSergeant · July 29, 1968
- ANTONIO BARRERA JAIMEMaster Sergeant · October 5, 1968
- REYNALDO SOZASpecialist Four · January 29, 1969
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.