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FLOYD DEAN SOLOMON
Captain · U.S. Army
March 5, 1940 – December 18, 1970
Service recordFloyd Dean Solomon, of Houston, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1970, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 131
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 5, 1940
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1970
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1970; four of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 131
- DAROLD JETERSSpecialist Five · December 18, 1970
- ROY LEE SIMMONSSpecialist Four · December 18, 1970
- JOSEPH W BLICKENSTAFF JRSpecialist Five · December 19, 1970
- RICHARD HOWARD BUZZELLLieutenant (junior grade) · December 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY LESLIE BARTELSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 128
- STEPHEN MICHAEL LYNCHSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 130
- JOHN MARTINEZSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 130
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.