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SILVIUS WAR VETERANS

World War II

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Chart Number

Veteran

County/
State



Regiment



Comments
304.c.(3)1. Joseph Robert Silvis 11th Coast Guard District 8th Joined 1941 right after Pearl Harbor; Ship's Cook, Third Class, Honorable Discharge from U.S. Coast Guard April 1947
304.c.(3)2. Dale Lewis Silvis U.S. Army Enlisted 24 June 1944, Fort McArthur San Pedro.  TEC 5; Carried several soldiers back and forth from his ship by boat
306.k.(2)(3) Harry A. Silvis Jr.   US Navy M 3 C
306.k.(6)(a) Floyd Robert Silvis U.S.Army
Private First Class, enlisted 16 February 1943
307.e.f.(4)e William L. Silvis U.S. Army Private, enlisted 14 July 1942
307.e.f.(4)(h) Earl A. Silvis U.S. Army Private, enlisted 21 May 1942
307.e.f.(4)(i) Ivan L. Silvis U.S. Army SFC, Enlisted 16 November 1940

321.d.(5)(a)

Charles Vincent Silfies

New York

22nd Inf. Reg., 
4th Inf. Div.

Private First Class; Died 12 December 1944; Buried Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg; Awarded Purple Heart; Gen'l George S. Patton, Jr., buried in this cemetery as well.


321.a.(11)(g)


Lester Silfies


Pennsylvania

He died at sea aboard the USS Harry Lee from shrapnel received in action during the battle of Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands. Buried at sea.

 
327.a. Richard C. Silfies U.S. Army
344.e.(2)(a)1 Clyde Lysle Sylves Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania

666th Ordnance Ammunition Co.,
1st Army

  

T/Sgt.  In army 3 years, 9 mos., served in Europe.  In campaigns of Normandy, France, Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe

Lysle died December 18, 2009
344.e.(2)(a)2 Robert Gerald Sylves Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania

403rd Troop Carrier Gp., 13th Jungle Air Force

  

Sgt., in A.F. 3 years, served in Pacific campaigns of Northern Solomons, New Guinea Bismarck Archipelago, Western Pacific, Luzon, and Southern Philippines (liberation)
344.e.(8)d. (father's number) Robert Joseph Sylves Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania  

Co. C, 291 Combat Engr. Bn. of 111th Combat Gp. of
1st Army

 T/5 Corp, Combat Engineer, in army 2 years, 7 mos. Severely injured, returned to U.S. and confined in hospital.  In numerous European campaigns.

 
425.3.(4)(a) Robert Lee Silvis LCDR US Navy
430.e.(1)(b)5. Cecil R. Silfee U.S. Army
449.a.(2)a. Forrest T. Silfies Army Air Corps
449.a.(2)(b)1. Harold H. Silfies
492.f.(4)(a) Robert J. Silvius Navy
586.a. Jacob Henry Silvis Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
686.b.(1)(b) John F. Silvis   U.S. Army BSM-Private
686.b.(2)(f) Stephen Edward Silvis   Navy LCDR
686.b.(7) Richard Shippen Silvis Navy R
704.(4) Clark Paul Silvis Navy R CBM USNR

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