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SOLOMON LEARY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 3, 1947 – July 29, 1968
Service recordSolomon Leary, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 30
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear, Biological And Chemical Defense Specialist (5711)
- Born
- April 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 30
- DONALD JOSEPH GREENECorporal · July 29, 1968
- JOHN VINCENT GRESSELFirst Lieutenant · July 29, 1968
- BILLY GLEN INSALLSpecialist Four · July 29, 1968
- PHILIP MARASCOPrivate First Class · July 29, 1968
- JEFFREY LEA MARTINSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1968
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
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.