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MICHAEL VERNON SOLOMON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1948 – October 21, 1970
Service recordMichael Vernon Solomon, of Rhome, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 15
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Rhome, Texas (Wise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 15
- GARY WAYNE BARTMESSSpecialist Five · October 22, 1970
- VICTOR LEE BLACKSergeant · October 22, 1970
- ROGER LEE COENSergeant · October 22, 1970
- TOUSSAINT O DALTON JRSpecialist Four · October 22, 1970
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.