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DAVID TOBIAS SOLIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 5, 1949 – March 26, 1970
Service recordDavid Tobias Solis, of Winslow, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 47
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Winslow, Arizona (Navajo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 47
- JOHN ALLEN STEELSergeant · March 26, 1970
- NORMAN HOWARD STRENGTHSpecialist Four · March 26, 1970
- JOHN ROBERT WYNNEPrivate First Class · March 26, 1970
- RAYMOND AGUIRREPrivate First Class · March 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PAUL DIDIER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 45
From Winslow
- JAMES EDWARD OXLEYMajor · April 22, 1967
- ALLEN FRED CHAVESPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- TONY SALAZAR OROZCO JRPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- JAMES LEE SCHIBILance Corporal · August 26, 1968
- JEFFREY CHARLES STOWEWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 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.