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GARY NEAL OLSOWSKI
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 23, 1948 – January 17, 1969
Service recordGary Neal Olsowski, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 17, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 28
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 28
- RONALD FORREST NEALSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- MICHAEL FRANCIS NOLAN JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 17, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM ONEILPetty Officer Second Class · January 17, 1969
- BRUCE MARTIN REITERSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.