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DONALD RAYMOND SOLES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 19, 1950 – November 6, 1970
Service recordDonald Raymond Soles, of Hollywood, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 6, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 43
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Hollywood, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 43
- GARY DON MCMILLINSpecialist Four · November 6, 1970
- HERBERT HUBERT MOORESergeant · November 6, 1970
- JOHN THOMAS PETTITT SRSergeant · November 6, 1970
- CHARLES VINCENT DONOHOECaptain · November 7, 1970
From Hollywood
- CHARLES JACOB BAIRSpecialist Six · January 29, 1966
- STEPHEN RANDALL KITTLEPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SCOTT SIMONS MCCLOSKEYPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- HOWARD DUNCAN BENNETTWarrant Officer 1 · February 3, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS BUCKLESLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- DENNETTE A EDWARDS IIISecond Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
- KENNETH CHARLES LOCKWOODSeaman · February 29, 1968
- WILLIS ROZELLE HALLTechnical Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- CHARLES E DAVENPORT IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- RICHARD WARREN POWELL JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
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.