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SILVESTER BEAUREGARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 11, 1949 – April 7, 1968
Service recordSilvester Beauregard, of Bolivar, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Bolivar, Tennessee (Hardeman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 38
- GILBERT JIMMIE ADAMEPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- JOHN ADKINSCorporal · April 7, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH BAYESPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- JOSE ROLANDO BERNALSergeant · April 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL DOUGLAS FLOURNOYCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 41
- VICTOR ELDEN KIDDPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 42
- JERRY FRANCIS LENTZSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 42
- RALPH NORWOOD WELLSSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 49
From Bolivar
- JOHN WILLIAM HOWELLSergeant · February 15, 1971
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.