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SOLOMON KALUA JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 8, 1945 – January 20, 1968
Service recordSolomon Kalua JR, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 88
- JAMES ALAN KETTERERCaptain · January 20, 1968
- GENE MARLOW KOSELSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- EDWARD KUBISKYSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- GERALD FRANCIS LENZPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL P MCLAUGHLIN JRSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 84
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 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.