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GEORGE SOLIZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 12, 1947 – July 19, 1968
Service recordGeorge Soliz, of Kenedy, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 14
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Kenedy, Texas (Karnes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 14
- VINCENT PISCAR JRLance Corporal · July 19, 1968
- JACOB F SIRATT IIICorporal · July 19, 1968
- RONALD FRANCIS SOSNOSKISergeant · July 19, 1968
- RANDALL FILLMORE SWANCEYSergeant · July 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DANDRIDGE EBERTCaptain · Panel 51W, Line 10
- RANDALL FILLMORE SWANCEYSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 14
- CLARENCE EDWARD WATSONSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 15
From Kenedy
- KENNETH LEE REMMERSCorporal · July 12, 1965
- SILBANO MORINPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- SAMMIE DON HOFFMajor · July 23, 1966
- LEO JOE SCHROLLER JRCorporal · April 6, 1969
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.