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SIDNEY MORTON SOLOMON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 8, 1930 – May 16, 1970
Service recordSidney Morton Solomon, of Roslyn Heights, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 16, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 54
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 8, 1930
- Home of record
- Roslyn Heights, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1970
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 54
- MATEO RUELASSpecialist Four · May 16, 1970
- RICHARD ROBERT SKEENCommander · May 16, 1970
- GUY LYNN STOKES JRSergeant · May 16, 1970
- EMILIO CABRERA SUPNET JRSpecialist Four · May 16, 1970
From Roslyn Heights
- STEPHEN WHITMAN DIAMONDMajor · July 19, 1966
- ALAN N WEISMANPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
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.