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GREGORY JON OLSEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 30, 1947 – May 25, 1969
Service recordGregory Jon Olsen, of Franklin, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Franklin, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 106
- EDWARD THOMAS ODONOVANPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL ONEILLSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1969
- CALVIN RAY PATRICKPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- THOMAS BERNHARD PAYNTERSpecialist Four · May 25, 1969
From Franklin
- JOHN DOUGLAS FITZPATRICKPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS KLOCPrivate · May 10, 1967
- DENNIS LLOYD ANTOINECorporal · July 21, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS SULLIVANCorporal · August 18, 1968
- NEIL NORMAN GREINKEFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1969
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.