Army Staff Sgt. Marco A. Silva
27, of Alva, Fla.
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; killed March 13 when he came under small arms fire and an improvised explosive device detonated during combat operations near Ramadi, Iraq. Also killed was Sgt. Corey A. Dan.
Tags: alva, Florida, hero, tampaSilva was born in Fort Polk, La., but spent most of his life in Florida. He graduated from Homestead Senior High School in 1999. He joined in the Army in late 2001 and later moved to Cumberland City with his wife, Shannon, and two children, relatives said… “He was funny. He always like to play around. He loved his children. He loved animals,” said Rachel Silva.
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June 18th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend’s life also, in our own, to the world.
- Henry David Thoreau