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GROVER KONARD OLSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 16, 1943 – January 17, 1964
Service recordGrover Konard Olson, of Grants Pass, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Born
- November 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Grants Pass, Oregon (Josephine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1964
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1964. In January 1964, 14 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 41
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- RAYMOND PATRICK FLYNNPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WILLIAM HANDSOME HOUSEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 17, 1964
From Grants Pass
- ROBERT LEE VESTSergeant · November 5, 1966
- JOHN FREDERICK FLEMINGSpecialist Four · April 29, 1967
- STEPHEN LOUIS HOCKPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- CECIL LEE JONESPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- ROBERT BRUCE THOMPSONCorporal · April 20, 1968
- GREGORY JOE STAPLESPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- RODNEY WALTER PETERSPetty Officer First Class · November 1, 1968
- FERROL SHANE SMITHPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- WILLIAM NORMAN JENSEN JRSergeant · May 22, 1970
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.