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ENRIQUE LORENZO SOLIZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 23, 1948 – February 19, 1968
Service recordEnrique Lorenzo Soliz, of Stockton, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; 19 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 32
- ROBERT SMITH GRIFFITHStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1968
- BERNARD EDWARD SMITHSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- WILTON JAMES SULLINGER JRPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- LUCIEN CHARLES TESSIERCaptain · February 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CLAIR FOSTERCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 17
- ASHLAND FREDERICK BURCHWELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 18
- TIMOTHY LYNN COLLIERSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 18
- GEORGE RONALD FULLERCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 21
- JOHN HERBERT GFELLERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 21
- ROBERT DALE GRIFFISPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 21
- RONNIE HARRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 22
- MARTIN ROY KNIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 23
- DONALD FISHER MARSHALL IISpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 25
- JAMES EDWARD MULLINSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 26
- JOHN PASS IIISpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 28
- WALTER MARCELLU PATTERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 28
- CARL ALLAN RATTEESergeant · Panel 40E, Line 29
- WILLIAM ROBERT SEIBERTSergeant · Panel 40E, Line 30
- JERRY DONALD SISCO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 31
- THOMAS CECIL VAUGHANSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 33
- JAMES ROBERT WEBSTER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 34
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 1966
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.