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DAVID MICHAEL OLAND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 11, 1942 – June 8, 1966
Service recordDavid Michael Oland, of Whittier, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Whittier, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 23
- JOHN RUSSELL OAKEYSpecialist Five · June 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE OGUINNPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- GEORGE R PENDYGRAFTPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- TERRILL GENE PETERSONPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
From Whittier
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MCROBERTSSergeant · February 7, 1966
- RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELLPrivate First Class · July 31, 1966
- DANNY RAY RUNDLEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN CARDCorporal · February 16, 1967
- HUGO ARTHUR BOCANEGRAPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MELENDREZSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN THIRKETTLEPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1967
- DANIEL ALEXANDER VERDUGOLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT BLAIR ENGLAND IIPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- WALLACE LUTTRELL WIGGINSMajor · February 3, 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.