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LOUIS SOLIVAN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 10, 1935 – May 5, 1969
Service recordLouis Solivan, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 8
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1935
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 8
- JOHN WALLACE STEWARTCorporal · May 5, 1969
- DONALD THOMAS TAYLORSpecialist Five · May 5, 1969
- JAMES LEROY WASHINGTON SRSergeant · May 5, 1969
- ALLEN WAYNE ALLUMSSpecialist Five · May 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KEITH TAIT HAMMONDSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 5
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.