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ROBERT JOHN SILVA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 9, 1951 – November 27, 1969
Service recordRobert John Silva, of Somerville, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1951
- Home of record
- Somerville, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1969; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 127
- WILLIAM OSLER BRANTLEY JRCaptain · November 27, 1969
- CHARLES ROSS DEWINDTPrivate First Class · November 27, 1969
- LARRY LYNN FOWLERCorporal · November 27, 1969
- LINWOOD EARL HYMANPrivate First Class · November 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH JAMES SMOLAREKSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 128
From Somerville
- THOMAS EDWARD MURRAYCorporal · December 29, 1965
- ROY JOHN HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- DANIEL BENJAMIN DUFFY JRCorporal · April 24, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID HOLDENSergeant · February 16, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SHALLAHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- CLARK ALAN MILLERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- KENNETH LAWRENCE GREENEPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate · August 9, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH MCNABBPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOHN DONALD KENNE MACLEANSergeant · February 4, 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.