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ROBERT GEORGE SOLOMON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 8, 1949 – August 19, 1969
Service recordRobert George Solomon, of Rahway, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 74
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Rahway, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 74
- GERALD LEON SILVERSTEINWarrant Officer 1 · August 19, 1969
- ROBERT NORMAN SMITHColonel · August 19, 1969
- PAUL ALLAN SPARKSPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- JOHN WALTER VOYLESCorporal · August 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND JOHN ASHNAULTSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 65
- FRANCIS EMIL BRANCHEAU IIPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 69
- JOHN A KOLWYCKSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 69
- BOBBY JOE LIKENSSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 69
- JOSEPH PATRICK MOBUSPrivate · Panel 19W, Line 71
From Rahway
- CARMINE VINCENT GENOVESEPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- DONALD HARVEY MOSESFireman Apprentice · July 9, 1966
- GALE HERBERT FELVERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1966
- MARTIN M DIANTONIO JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- EDWARD J KAMINSKISergeant First Class · February 29, 1968
- GREGORY HENRY STALEVICZPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- JACK ADRIAN BARNHARTPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- MYRON RUDOLPH ROSS IIPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- LESTER DANCHETZPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- WILLIAM VINCENT YOUNGSpecialist Five · February 7, 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.