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RICHARD JOHN SOLCZYK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 19, 1944 – December 27, 1967
Service recordRichard John Solczyk, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 82
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 82
- DENNIS LEE SCOTTLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- STEVEN EDWARD SHEKELLLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- DARNAY SHUBERTPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- THOMAS NELSON STILESLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GORDON THOMAS DALTONPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 71
- GUY DALE KISTNERPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 75
- JAMES ELLIS LOUDERMILKSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 77
- THOMAS WILLIAM MALLOYSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 81
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.