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DALE FRANK OLMSTEAD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 12, 1949 – October 21, 1969
Service recordDale Frank Olmstead, of Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 103
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 103
- MARTIN YALE NAMERWarrant Officer 1 · October 21, 1969
- MONTE LYNN PAYNESpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- JOHN DAVID REVIERFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1969
- GLENN MICHAEL SCHROEDERCorporal · October 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MONTE LYNN PAYNESpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 103
From Hoyt Lakes
- TIMOTHY GEORGE ROBINSONCorporal · April 19, 1968
- JOSEPH ROBERT NEHLCorporal · July 27, 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.