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ERSKINE JAY OLIVER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 12, 1947 – May 30, 1969
Service recordErskine Jay Oliver, of Sacramento, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 30, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 22
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 22
- HARRY MASSEYPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- EDWARD CHARLES MCGINNPetty Officer Third Class · May 30, 1969
- RALPH JUDSON MEARS JRSpecialist Five · May 30, 1969
- DAVID CHARLES NELSONCorporal · May 30, 1969
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.