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SOLOMON HERBERT BRYANT
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 22, 1927 – September 24, 1969
Service recordSolomon Herbert Bryant, of Mt Holly, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 2
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 22, 1927
- Home of record
- Mt Holly, New Jersey (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1969
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 2
- MARVIN GENE STEPHENSPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
- SHELBY DEAN STOVERPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
- MICHAEL LAVERN WHITEPetty Officer Third Class · September 23, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 3
From Mt Holly
- JOSEPH JOHN REILLYPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS DOUGHTYSpecialist Four · December 11, 1966
- RICHARD PLOTTSPrivate First Class · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EISTERSpecialist Five · February 6, 1968
- WAYNE PAUL REEVESPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- ANTHONY WILFRED TORRESPlatoon Sergeant · May 4, 1968
- WILLIAM DANIELS MEARA JRCaptain · November 2, 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.