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SOLOMAN DAVID ARLINE JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 27, 1938 – February 22, 1967
Service recordSoloman David Arline JR, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 27, 1938
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1967; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 73
- CLARENCE ARTHUR BROWNFirst Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- DWIGHT STANLEY CAMPBELLCaptain · February 22, 1967
- OWEN RAY EMERYFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE FOWLERLance Corporal · February 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALLAN GEORGE GRIFFINPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 74
- HOMER URRABAZOSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 76
- CRAIG STEPHEN VAUGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 77
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 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.