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WILFRED L SOLOMON SR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 7, 1932 – February 8, 1968
Service recordWilfred L Solomon SR, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 7, 1932
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. 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 38E, Line 38
- JAMES PATRICK RIZZOLance Corporal · February 8, 1968
- TERENCE RAYMOND ROACH JRSecond Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- RONALD CORBIN ROUNTREELance Corporal · February 8, 1968
- JAMES FRANK SCOTTLance Corporal · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL REID ELWELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 26
- DANIEL MEADECorporal · Panel 38E, Line 33
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 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.