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LAWRENCE WILLIAM SOLTAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 31, 1948 – January 26, 1969
Service recordLawrence William Soltan, of Bay Shore, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 89
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Bay Shore, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 89
- DAVID WALTER STERLINGFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1969
- BRADLEY EUGENE SUCHKALance Corporal · January 26, 1969
- DENNIS ELMER ULSTADSergeant · January 26, 1969
- STANLEY FRANK URBASSpecialist Four · January 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ALEX BOYLECorporal · Panel 34W, Line 83
- JACKIE VERNON HENSLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 34W, Line 84
- MICHAEL RONALD MICHELSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 86
- WILLIAM RICHARD MOHRHAUSERSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 86
- WILLIAM DONALD MURRAY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 34W, Line 87
- DAVID CLYDE RUSHSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 88
From Bay Shore
- STEVEN ANDREW BUTLERPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- JOSEPH JOHN FUNKSergeant · January 20, 1969
- JAMES PAUL HALENPrivate First Class · December 22, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD WYNNESergeant · February 20, 1970
- ARTHUR EDWARD MCLEODChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 12, 1971
- DOUGLAS JAY CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · February 23, 1971
- DONALD FRANKLIN VAUGHANSpecialist Five · October 28, 1971
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.