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RICHARD JOHN SOLANO
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
June 19, 1948 – June 23, 1970
Service recordRichard John Solano, of Palo Alto, California, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 23, 1970, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 86
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinist's Mate (MM)
- Born
- June 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Palo Alto, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 86
- THOMAS LYNN POOLESergeant · June 23, 1970
- DANNY LEON ROBINETTESpecialist Four · June 23, 1970
- DONALD ALBERT ROWLEYCorporal · June 23, 1970
- JAMES MILAN ROZOSergeant First Class · June 23, 1970
From Palo Alto
- GORDON LEE PAGEColonel · March 7, 1966
- RODNEY CLEVELAND UPCHURCHPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- ROGER C HALLBERGSergeant First Class · March 24, 1967
- KIERAN JOHN STARRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- DAVID JOHN UCKERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- RICHARD ARLAN STONESergeant · November 6, 1967
- DON PRIENSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- MICHAEL DURYEA LEEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JOHN DENIS PETERSCorporal · May 29, 1968
- PAUL ROSARIO LOFORTIWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 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.