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SOLOMON LEON MCMILLIAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 30, 1945 – July 21, 1968
Service recordSolomon Leon McMillian, of Alexandria, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Alabama (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 27
- JOHN THOMAS LYNNSpecialist Four · July 21, 1968
- WILLIAM CLARENCE MOORESpecialist Four · July 21, 1968
- CHARLES LOUIS MYERS JRSergeant · July 21, 1968
- JIMMY LAYNE NORSWORTHYLance Corporal · July 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD RAYMOND BRAUNPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 23
- SAM JOSEPH FAVATASpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 25
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.