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DONALD WARREN OLLILA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1948 – June 8, 1970
Service recordDonald Warren Ollila, of Sturgis, South Dakota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 29
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Sturgis, South Dakota (Meade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 29
- WILLIAM VAL REEDCorporal · June 8, 1970
- JOHN ROBINSONCorporal · June 8, 1970
- CLARK FRANKLIN ROGERSSpecialist Four · June 8, 1970
- CREIGHTON WAYNE SISTRUNKPrivate · June 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROBINSONCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 29
From Sturgis
- LESTER ARTHUR WATSONSecond Lieutenant · July 20, 1968
- RICHARD RAY MAYNARDSergeant · March 20, 1969
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.