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WILLIAM GREGORY SILVA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 17, 1945 – May 29, 1967
Service recordWilliam Gregory Silva, of East Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1945
- Home of record
- East Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 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 21E, Line 16
- FRANK MARK SCARPULLA JRCorporal · May 29, 1967
- MICHAEL OWEN SHELLEYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- ARMAND RENE THOUVENELLPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- RALPH BAMFORD WALKER IICaptain · May 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LEE DOTSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 11
- RONALD W PENNCaptain · Panel 21E, Line 15
- RALPH BAMFORD WALKER IICaptain · Panel 21E, Line 16
From East Providence
- BRUCE ELWIN MANSFIELDTechnical Sergeant · June 5, 1966
- JOHN DUTRA ANDRADESpecialist Four · October 2, 1966
- DANIEL ROBERT DYEFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM PIGOTTCaptain · May 18, 1969
- GEORGE LEANDER BOURNEHospitalman · August 7, 1969
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.