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BENNETT WALFRED OLSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 3, 1937 – January 8, 1968
Service recordBennett Walfred Olson, of Caldwell, Idaho, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 91
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electrical Systems Technician, Transport And Helicopter (6242)
- Born
- October 3, 1937
- Home of record
- Caldwell, Idaho (Canyon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 91
- JERRY PATRICKPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- RONNIE DEAN PENDERGRAFTPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- JUAN J PEREZFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- CLYDE RAYMOND PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
From Caldwell
- TERRY FLOYD HUSTONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- DONALD JACK HAILEStaff Sergeant · February 9, 1968
- COLIN EDWARD LAMBFirst Lieutenant · July 3, 1968
- THOMAS ALLEN FOREMANCorporal · January 20, 1969
- GLEN LAWRENCE ATKINSONSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
- JAMES BRADLEY CLAYBAUGHFirst Lieutenant · March 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.