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GALEN ERICK OHLSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 23, 1946 – February 20, 1968
Service recordGalen Erick Ohlson, of Modesto, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 45
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Modesto, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 45
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCGINNISMajor · February 20, 1968
- LARRY DOUGLAS NEASBITTSergeant · February 20, 1968
- TERRY Y OGAMICorporal · February 20, 1968
- ALFRED RICHARD OLSONSpecialist Five · February 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALBERT ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 35
- RAY D CROPPERSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 38
- KENNETH LLOYD FETTERSergeant · Panel 40E, Line 38
- JEFFREY WALLACE GREENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 39
- STEPHEN MICHAEL HANSENSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 40
- DONALD LEE HERNDONSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 40
- JOSE BABAUTA HERRERAPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 41
- JEFFREY LYNN HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 41
- DANIEL HOLCOMBStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 41
- JIMMIE DOUGLAS JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 42
- GUY EUGENE LEESergeant · Panel 40E, Line 43
- DONALD JAMES LOZANOPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 43
- MARVIN LEO MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 44
- ALFRED RICHARD OLSONSpecialist Five · Panel 40E, Line 45
- DAVID LLOYD MOREHOUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 46
- DONALD DEWAYNE PHILBECKPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 46
- MICHAEL W PICARDSergeant · Panel 40E, Line 47
- DARRYL WARREN A POINTERCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 47
- ARNOLD W PRICEPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 47
- PAUL RICHARD URBAN JRCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 48
- WALTER EARL VONDERCHEKSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 49
From Modesto
- ERNEST KAY GERHARDTPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- JACK DALE MCCLURECaptain · December 31, 1965
- JOSEPH ANTHONY RANDAZZOLance Corporal · January 31, 1966
- NEAL ARTHUR RASMUSSENStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1966
- JOHN ROY MARKILLIEPetty Officer Third Class · June 21, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM BARTLOWLance Corporal · July 18, 1966
- DONALD CHARLES VAUGHANSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES WEBORGCorporal · January 23, 1967
- RICHARD LYNN PARHAMPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- ROBERT NICOLAS STAUDSeaman · March 6, 1967
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.