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ADAN MONSIVAIS OLVERA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 7, 1946 – February 22, 1966
Service recordAdan Monsivais Olvera, of Alice, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 22, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 62
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Alice, Texas (Jim Wells County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 62
- WILLIAM BRICE PARNELLStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1966
- RICARDO JAMES PEREZSergeant · February 22, 1966
- CHARLES A SOUTHARD IIISergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
From Alice
- FORTUNATO LUNA JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- HARDY WINSTON PEEPLESCaptain · January 21, 1967
- GILBERTO BARRERAPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RODOLFO TREVINOSergeant · December 15, 1967
- ALFONSO IBANEZSpecialist Four · January 14, 1968
- OSCAR CONANDO GALLEGOSStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1968
- RITO SILVALance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- WILLARD ORVAL PACKSergeant · July 29, 1968
- ANTONIO BARRERA JAIMEMaster Sergeant · October 5, 1968
- REYNALDO SOZASpecialist Four · January 29, 1969
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.