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THOMAS SOLIZ
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 24, 1947 – September 6, 1967
Service recordThomas Soliz, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 18
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
- Ground Radio Repairer (2841)
- Born
- November 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 18
- GEORGE STEPHEN SPAK JRLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- JOHN MILTON SPIRESGunnery Sergeant · September 6, 1967
- BARTLEY THOMAS STOKES IIILance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SWAFFORDPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 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.