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CHARLES ROBERT OLSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 4, 1950 – January 3, 1970
Service recordCharles Robert Olson, of Wheeling, West Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 3, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 123
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Wheeling, West Virginia (Ohio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 123
- GENE JOHN OLSONWarrant Officer 1 · January 3, 1970
- KENNETH EDWARD PERRYCorporal · January 3, 1970
- MATTHEW PETER ROCHE JRSecond Lieutenant · January 3, 1970
- JIMMY DOYLE SANDERSCorporal · January 3, 1970
From Wheeling
- JACK WEBB KLEIN SRStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1965
- MARTIN C KNAPPStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT DAVE HICKMANSergeant · December 10, 1965
- DAVID WALLACE WICKHAM IILieutenant · December 17, 1965
- CHARLES E ANDERSON JRCorporal · February 18, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD MCCROBIECorporal · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE PAUL CUSTERLance Corporal · May 22, 1967
- JOSEPH RONALD KLUGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY DUPLAGASeaman · July 29, 1967
- RUSSELL FRANK MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · November 14, 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.