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CARL W OLIVER
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 7, 1931 – October 25, 1967
Service recordCarl W Oliver, of Lake Milton, Ohio, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 70
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 7, 1931
- Home of record
- Lake Milton, Ohio (Mahoning County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 70
- WALTER JOHN NOWAKOWSKICorporal · October 25, 1967
- LAVERN LEO SALZMANSergeant · October 25, 1967
- CARL SPAUL THORNE-THOMSENPrivate First Class · October 25, 1967
- CHRIS ANTHONY TOTORALance Corporal · October 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERRY DEAN CHARLTONSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 65
- CHARLES RICHARD CHRISCOESpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 65
- JOHN BEN GAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 66
- GARY L GRISSOMSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 68
From Lake Milton
- THOMAS MONTROSE WEBSTERCorporal · December 19, 1967
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.