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GERALD EVERETT OLSON
Major · U.S. Air Force
January 29, 1937 – March 13, 1966
Service recordGerald Everett Olson, of Winter Haven, Florida, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on March 13, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 4
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 ACS
- Born
- January 29, 1937
- Home of record
- Winter Haven, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 13, 1966
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “4 ACS”, his unit in the record, lost 8 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 6E, Line 4
- RICHARD KENNETH JAMROSPrivate First Class · March 13, 1966
- EDWIN EVERTON MORGANChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- UDON PARKERSpecialist Four · March 13, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD PASEKOFFLieutenant Colonel · March 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DEAN ARNOLD DUVALLChief Master Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 3
- HOWARD WILLIAM HENNINGERColonel · Panel 6E, Line 3
- EDWIN EVERTON MORGANChief Master Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 4
- ROBERT EDWARD PASEKOFFLieutenant Colonel · Panel 6E, Line 4
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 5
- MARSHALL IRVIN PAULEYChief Master Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 5
From Winter Haven
- PETER JOSEPH STEWARTColonel · March 15, 1966
- RICHARD E HOOD JRFirst Lieutenant · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM FORMAN ABERNETHYCaptain · July 21, 1967
- JACKIE LEE MELTONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- BILLIE RAY MCCALLSergeant · February 22, 1968
- MAURICE LEO SIROISSergeant · February 29, 1968
- EDWARD ULYSES MASTERSPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY OCONNORLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
- HERBERT MARSHALL ALLENSergeant · June 19, 1968
- JOHN HULSEY HAYSCaptain · November 8, 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.