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ECKWOOD HAROLD SOLOMON JR
Captain · U.S. Army
March 11, 1940 – July 27, 1966
Service recordEckwood Harold Solomon JR, of Key West, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHB 6 BN 14 ARTY 52 ARTY GRP
- Born
- March 11, 1940
- Home of record
- Key West, Florida (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 82
- JACK JEAN HIEBERSergeant · July 27, 1966
- JOSEPH C SAMPSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · July 27, 1966
- JERRY L SCHEMELPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- RUTHERFORD J WELSHWarrant Officer 1 · July 27, 1966
From Key West
- RICHARD ANTHONY RECUPEROPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- LELAND W ALBURY JRLance Corporal · June 29, 1966
- PETER STANLEY KNIGHTMajor · August 25, 1966
- FLORENTINO R ROQUESpecialist Four · October 2, 1966
- CHARLES LANCASTER PUTNAMCaptain · March 9, 1967
- JOE RAYMOND HINESFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1968
- KERMIT BRUCE ROBERTSTechnical Sergeant · May 18, 1969
- MACK DENNARD JRSergeant · September 18, 1969
- OLIVER COLEMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1969
- HORACIO A FONSECA-VARGASPrivate First Class · May 12, 1970
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.