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DONALD WAYNE OLSEN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 14, 1947 – July 3, 1968
Service recordDonald Wayne Olsen JR, of Downs, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Downs, Illinois (Mclean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 5
- MELVIN JOHN SCHEUBLECorporal · July 3, 1968
- DANIEL CARL SCHUSTERChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 3, 1968
- HAROLD RAY SILVEYSpecialist Four · July 3, 1968
- FAY CLYDE SIMMONS IIILance Corporal · July 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES SCOTT LANGWORTHYPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 2
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.