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ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 2, 1944 – November 3, 1965
Service recordRobert Angelo Solorzano, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 3, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 16
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 2, 1944
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 16
- KENNETH WAYNE SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- ALAN LYNN BARNETTPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- JAMES EARL CLARKMaster Sergeant · November 4, 1965
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
- GERARD GEORGE SCHNITGERPrivate First Class · December 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.