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CHRISTOPHER JAMES OLEKSA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 11, 1948 – May 11, 1967
Service recordChristopher James Oleksa, of Port Huron, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- February 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Port Huron, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 91
- JOSEPH THOMAS MARTINFirst Sergeant · May 11, 1967
- NEELY JAMES SINGLETARYCorporal · May 11, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL AKSTINCorporal · May 12, 1967
- CARLOS ASHLOCKSergeant · May 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PETER JOHN CARLSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19E, Line 89
- NEELY JAMES SINGLETARYCorporal · Panel 19E, Line 91
From Port Huron
- DONALD LEE NELSONSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- KENNETH DALE MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1966
- JOHN J BAILEYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK ANTHONYCorporal · February 1, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD PERRYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JACK EDWIN TELLINGPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK BARRETTCorporal · October 27, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES GROATPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JOHN LEE KOEBKESpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- RICKEY LEE CHRANLance Corporal · April 27, 1968
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.