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ISMAEL SOLIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 18, 1947 – May 9, 1969
Service recordIsmael Solis, of Lake Worth, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Lake Worth, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 33
- PAUL JESSIE SEYMOREStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1969
- LAWRENCE EDWARD STRAYERFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1969
- JIM ALLEN THOMPSONSergeant · May 9, 1969
- ALBERT JAMES VANHORNPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRANCE BURTON CLANCYSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 28
- JOHN ANDREW OLSENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25W, Line 31
- LAWRENCE EDWARD STRAYERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25W, Line 33
From Lake Worth
- ARLEN JACKSON DUCKETT JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- LEE ANDREW RAWNPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- RAYMOND PATRICK REILLYLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD SHEPPARDPetty Officer First Class · November 22, 1968
- WALTER EDWARD GIERMAN IILance Corporal · April 16, 1969
- DON LEE UNGERCaptain · May 3, 1972
- JACK ROCKWOOD HARVEYCaptain · November 28, 1972
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.