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BRUCE DENNIS OLSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 13, 1952 – April 19, 1971
Service recordBruce Dennis Olson, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 19, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 134
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Helicopter Mechanic, Ch-46 (6112)
- Born
- July 13, 1952
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 134
- PAUL ORBEN APPLEGATESergeant First Class · April 19, 1971
- LAWRENCE ERWIN CRAWLEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1971
- JOHN STEVEN GENTKOWSKIPrivate First Class · April 19, 1971
- KENNETH MARVIN HATCHERPetty Officer Third Class · April 19, 1971
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 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.