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CECIL CHANCEY OLSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 5, 1950 – January 8, 1971
Service recordCecil Chancey Olsen, of Rowley, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 34
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Rowley, Iowa (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 34
- RICHARD H SANSBURYFirst Lieutenant · December 30, 1970
- JAIME LABOYCorporal · January 8, 1971
- JAMES ROBERT SHAWSpecialist Four · January 8, 1971
- JOHN EMANUEL STEWARTStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1971
- ROBERT LAMONT WALKER JRCorporal · January 8, 1971
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.