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JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 10, 1943 – February 8, 1966
Service recordJohn Joseph Solley, of San Diego, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 8, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 18
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 10, 1943
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 18
- ARTHUR EDWIN SANDERSSergeant · February 8, 1966
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- CHARLES RAY WILLIAMSSergeant · February 8, 1966
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ABBOTTCaptain · April 20, 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.