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SOLOMON WILLIAM DEHART
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 7, 1948 – December 6, 1967
Service recordSolomon William Dehart, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 45
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Lebanon, Pennsylvania (Lebanon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 45
- DAVID THOMAS DICKINSONSergeant · December 6, 1967
- MICHAEL JOE DINGUSCorporal · December 6, 1967
- ALFRED DUGGERPlatoon Sergeant · December 6, 1967
- RAYMOND ERNEST DYRDAHLPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH BAWALCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 43
- CHARLES EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 43
- ROBERT OLEN BUCKNER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 43
- GARY RICHARD CLARKSecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 44
- JOHN CHARLES FILIPPIPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 44
- ALFRED DUGGERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 45
- GUY MARVIN FINLEYMaster Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 46
- GARY GORDON HAHNSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 46
- THOMAS O HARPER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 47
- DURWARD ALLAN LIMBACHERPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 49
- DAVID MICHAEL MIDCAPPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 49
- MARIO MOREU-LEONSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 50
- KEVIN MICHAEL MCGOVERNSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 51
- DOUGLAS LYLE MCLOUDCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 51
- ROBERT ALTON PRETTYCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 52
- WILLIAM HENRY PRUITT JRSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 52
- DANIEL KIMOKEO PUHICorporal · Panel 31E, Line 52
- ROBERT LEWIS PULTZPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 52
- JOSEPH LEE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 53
- JOHN WOODWARD SOGNIER JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 54
- CLAYTON MARQUI SPAINHOWERPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 54
- TEDDY GENE WHITTONSpecialist Five · Panel 31E, Line 55
- EUGENE ZEIGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 56
From Lebanon
- PETER CHARLES MOOREPrivate · April 23, 1964
- JAMES IRVIN BOYERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- CARL THOMAS BAALSpecialist Five · November 9, 1965
- RICHARD SAMUEL MOHNCorporal · July 16, 1966
- GARY WAYNE FRIEDMANNSeaman · March 11, 1967
- HAROLD CURTIS NYEPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- ROBERT AMMON SNAVELYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- GARY FRANK DISSINGERCorporal · October 27, 1967
- JOSEPH R WENZLERSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH MATARAZZI JRCorporal · August 10, 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.