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ERICK OWEN OLSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 19, 1949 – February 6, 1970
Service recordErick Owen Olson, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 108
- FRANK MELVIN KAISERSpecialist Five · February 6, 1970
- PETER MARK KOMAROWSKISpecialist Four · February 6, 1970
- PATRICK ALAN MCLEODSeaman · February 6, 1970
- RUSSELL ALLEN SHIELDSFirst Lieutenant · February 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH DUPELL JRSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 107
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.