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GERALD RAY OLMSTED
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 6, 1947 – January 10, 1969
Service recordGerald Ray Olmsted, of Camas, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Camas, Washington (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 66
- MARTIN RAYMOND JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- DAVID KARL MANNINGLance Corporal · January 10, 1969
- STEPHEN RALPH MULLINSFirst Lieutenant · January 10, 1969
- WILLIAM BRUCE OFFERDAHLSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
From Camas
- KENNETH J KRAUSESpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- RONALD NORMAN KOITZSCHSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- ROBERT LEE MILLERMajor · July 9, 1968
- MARVIN LEO HARTMANSergeant · December 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.