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SHELDON SILVERMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 1, 1947 – August 24, 1970
Service recordSheldon Silverman, of Waterford, Connecticut, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 2
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Waterford, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 2
- MILTON REGINALD KENNEDYPrivate First Class · August 24, 1970
- LARRY KENNETH LEIMBACHSpecialist Four · August 24, 1970
- JOHN PATRICK MORGAN JRCorporal · August 24, 1970
- RONALD GEORGE DICKSONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1970
From Waterford
- RALPH JOHN PARKER JRCorporal · October 31, 1967
- CHARLES ARTHUR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · December 31, 1968
- FRANKIE ROSS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- DAVID ALAN ROGERSSergeant · February 20, 1970
- JAMES HOWARD MACDOUGALMaster Sergeant · April 14, 1971
- ARNOLD EDWARD HOLM JRCaptain · June 11, 1972
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.