SILVER, EDWARD R.

Name: Edward R. Silver
Rank/Branch: USAF, O4
Unit:
Date of Birth: 02 February 34
Home City of Record: Junction City, OR
Date of Loss: 05 July 68
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 171300N 1062800E
Status (in 1973): Missing In Action
Category: 2
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: F4C

Other Personnel In Incident: Bruce E. Lawrence

Source: Compiled by THE P.O.W. NETWORK 02 February 93 from the
following published sources - POW/MIA's -- Report of the Select Committee
on POW/MIA Affairs United States Senate -- January 13, 1993. "The Senate
Select Committee staff has prepared case summaries for the priority cases
that the Administration is now investigating. These provide the facts about
each case, describe the circumstances under which the individual was lost,
and detail the information learned since the date of loss. Information in
the case summaries is limited to information from casualty files, does not
include any judgments by Committee staff, and attempts to relate essential
facts. The Committee acknowledges that POW/MIAs' primary next-of- kin know
their family members' cases in more comprehensive detail than summarized
here and recognizes the limitations that the report format imposes on these
summaries."

On July 5, 1968, Major Silver and First Lieutenant Lawrence were the crew of
an F-4C on a night armed reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam. Their
aircraft was hit by hostile anti-aircraft fire. Their wingman observed
their aircraft turn into a large fireball with streaks of fire trailing out
of the bottom, followed by a second smaller explosion. There were no
parachutes observed and no beepers heard. Intense hostile fire prevented a
daylight search of the area. Both airmen were declared missing in action.
During Operation Homecoming, a returning POW reported seeing a propaganda
film which included the showing of a body in a flight suit. The returnee
was "almost positive" the name strip on the suit was "Silver."

No returning U.S. POW was able to report either of the missing crewmen in
captivity. Both were later declared killed in action, body not recovered,
based on a presumptive finding of death.

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