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DUANE ELMER OLSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 29, 1946 – June 11, 1969
Service recordDuane Elmer Olson, of Irwin, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 25
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Irwin, Iowa (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 25
- BOBBY GLENN OLIVERSergeant · June 11, 1969
- EDWARD VINCENT PALMENTACorporal · June 11, 1969
- JOHN BOYD PARKERCorporal · June 11, 1969
- FLOYD LEON PITRESergeant First Class · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWIN EVERETTE AXTONSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 17
- DAVID OWEN BIGGSSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 17
- RANDALL CHARLES ROBINSONCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 27
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.