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CARL ANDREW OLSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 28, 1949 – February 2, 1970
Service recordCarl Andrew Olson, of Martinez, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 95
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Martinez, Georgia (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 95
- ANTHONY JOHN METZGER JRFireman · February 2, 1970
- RICHARD HERSHEL MILLERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
- GIRAUD DOMENICO MUNTZLance Corporal · February 2, 1970
- PAUL RENATO PELUSO JRPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEROY JUDYSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 94
From Martinez
- WILLIAM THOMAS JOHNSergeant First Class · December 17, 1970
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.