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FRANCIS CRAIG SOLLERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 1, 1949 – December 23, 1968
Service recordFrancis Craig Sollers, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 70
- DAVID MICHAEL MCCORDPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- RICHARD RAY MEIGGSFirst Lieutenant · December 23, 1968
- WILLIAM TURNER OVERCASHSpecialist Four · December 23, 1968
- DONALD WARREN SENTMANFirst Lieutenant · December 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT KENDRICK CHASESpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 67
- TRAVIS RICHARD CROCKETTCaptain · Panel 36W, Line 67
- RICHARD JOSEPH FORTEPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 68
- DONALD WARREN SENTMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 70
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.