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FLOYD WARREN OLSEN
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
September 3, 1938 – April 21, 1968
Service recordFloyd Warren Olsen, of Wheaton, Illinois, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He was lost on April 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 24
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 3, 1938
- Home of record
- Wheaton, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 21, 1968
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 51E, Line 24
- WILLIAM MERRITT NEELEYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- BERNARD JOSEPH NEWHOUSEPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1968
- ROBERT LEE OLLOMPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- CHARLES WAYNE REBERGSergeant · April 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD CREAMER JRSergeant First Class · Panel 51E, Line 18
- LARRY CARL JAMERSONSpecialist Six · Panel 51E, Line 21
- FRANKIE B JOHNSON JRSpecialist Six · Panel 51E, Line 21
- ROBERT CHARLES LINKChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 51E, Line 22
- LYLE EVERETT MACKEDANZSergeant First Class · Panel 51E, Line 22
From Wheaton
- BRUCE DOUGLAS WEBBCaptain · August 18, 1965
- DONALD FREDERICK GIBSONStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1966
- JOHN RICHARD GREGOIRESpecialist Four · April 2, 1967
- RICHARD LEE BLASENLance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- JOHN ANDREW DONNALLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1967
- JON FRANCIS VANDUYNStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1968
- KENNETH KEITH KNABB JRLieutenant Commander · October 21, 1968
- EDWARD LEE GUSTAFSONPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- JOHN SHELBY POOLERSpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- FRANKLIN LEROY KOCHFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 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.