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SAMUEL K SOLOMON JR
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 13, 1928 – November 3, 1966
Service recordSamuel K Solomon JR, of Hawi, Hawaii, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1928
- Home of record
- Hawi, Hawaii (Hawaii County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 16
- DONALD THOMAS CASSIDYStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1966
- MILBURN HINES STARNESSergeant · November 3, 1966
- WALLACE ADRION ABBOTTPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- ROBERT LEE ADAMS JRSecond Lieutenant · November 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDGAR HUNTER BEASLEYCorporal · Panel 12E, Line 12
- RANDOLPH DAVISSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 12
- RICCARDO BURTON DICKERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 13
- FREDERICK HOWARD HENDERSONCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 14
- CLYDE J PERKINSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 15
- MILBURN HINES STARNESSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 16
From Hawi
- ERNEST SEICHI SAKAISergeant First Class · June 19, 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.