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SILAS WILLIAM PAROBEK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 21, 1949 – April 20, 1969
Service recordSilas William Parobek, of Albion, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 15
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Albion, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 15
- GLENARD JAY GREGORYSergeant · April 20, 1969
- GEORGE JOSEPH PARKER JRSergeant · April 20, 1969
- TYRONE JOSEPH STATENFirst Lieutenant · April 20, 1969
- WILLIAM CODAR STATESStaff Sergeant · April 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANGEL M MEDINA-RIVERASergeant First Class · Panel 26W, Line 14
From Albion
- THOMAS ALLEN WARRENPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- WARD NORTON IIISpecialist Five · January 19, 1970
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.