Veterans' Memorial Project

Richard John Solczyk

Chicago, IL

Vietnam War

College: Fine & Applied Arts

Graduation Year: Attended 1962-1965

Service Branch: Army

Rank: First Lieutenant

Date of Birth: 12/19/1944

Date of Death: 12/27/1967

Lt. Solczyk was killed as a result of muliple fragment injuries sustained in an explosion of a claymore mine while his unit was in action on Lon Binh (in Bien Hoa), South Vietnam near Saigon.

– taken from Alumni Association archives

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