1948 Silas Merritt Robertson (born April 27, 1948), known as Si Robertson and often referred to as “Uncle Si”, is an American television personality, preacher, hunter, outdoorsman, retired U.S. Army soldier, and duck-call maker at Duck Commander.
After dropping out of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana after three quarters, he was drafted into the United States Army during the Vietnam War. During the war, his mother sent him a set of Tupperware cups, beans and rice, two boots, and two jars of jalapeño peppers in each boot. He is rarely seen without one of his plastic cups drinking iced tea, which he treats with equal importance. He served in the Vietnam War. He achieved the rank of Sergeant First Class (E-7) before retiring in 1993. He is honored by an exhibit in the Chennault Aviation and Military Museum in Monroe, Louisiana, where he was born.
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