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ROSENDO FLORES SILBAS
Private · U.S. Army
June 18, 1948 – April 11, 1970
Service recordRosendo Flores Silbas, of San Jose, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 125
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 18, 1948
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 125
- LEO MCEACHERNStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1970
- PATRICK MICHAEL NEVILLEPrivate First Class · April 11, 1970
- BRADFORD GREG RACEYSpecialist Five · April 11, 1970
- DANNY GILBERT RUYBALCorporal · April 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DUANE CLICKNERSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 122
- DANNY GILBERT RUYBALCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 125
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.