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JULIAN SOLIZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 12, 1945 – May 3, 1968
Service recordJulian Soliz, of Victoria, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 29
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Victoria, Texas (Victoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 29
- SCOTT DOUGLAS REEDPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- GEORGE JAMES SINGLETONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- JAMES RUSSELL SOUTHEYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- ROGER HOWARD SPARKSSergeant · May 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE ALLAN BROOKSSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 23
- JACK CRAIG CARCLAYCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 23
- RICHARD M MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 27
- WARREN F NICKEL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 28
- ALAN PAUL PAGLIARONISpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 28
- WILLIE LE EARL PONDERPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 28
- JAMES RUSSELL SOUTHEYPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 29
- FRED PATRICK STAFFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 30
From Victoria
- LOUIS BELL TWINN SRSergeant First Class · December 31, 1965
- FRANCISCO LUNAStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1966
- ROBERT D BUTLERPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- LOUIS WAYNE TERRELLPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- RICHARD PETER RUIZSergeant · October 2, 1967
- EDWARD EARL HARSON JRFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1967
- JOHNNY VILLARREALSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- JAMES LEE SCHERERPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- BILLY CARROLL BOLTONCorporal · January 30, 1968
- CLARENCE F MAAS IIISergeant · February 18, 1968
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.