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FRANCISCO HERRERA OLEA
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 14, 1948 – October 9, 1968
Service recordFrancisco Herrera Olea, of Ajo, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 36
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Ajo, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 36
- GEORGE MILTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- ULDIS JACK MALMANISCorporal · October 9, 1968
- VENUS DEWHIT PAYTON JRPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- MORRIS JEROME ROSSWarrant Officer 1 · October 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD ARNOLDCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 34
- JOE TRAVIS RUSSELLCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 37
From Ajo
- PETER GEORGE RUIZPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- WILLIAM ALBERT ATWELLLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
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.