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HENRY LOUIS OLSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 12, 1948 – December 17, 1967
Service recordHenry Louis Olson, of Roseville, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 15
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Roseville, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 15
- MARTIN GERARD MCDONNELLCorporal · December 17, 1967
- PAUL JOHN MONGILLOMajor · December 17, 1967
- BARRY LEE RUNYONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1967
- MARVIN SMITHCorporal · December 17, 1967
From Roseville
- RANDALL BOYD PRINZSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- TRACY LEE JONESCorporal · February 12, 1967
- STEVEN ROSS KINGCorporal · February 14, 1967
- DOUGLAS C STARRYSpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
- DALE MICHAEL LAUSESpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- WALTER LEVON CLARKSergeant · October 29, 1967
- GENE DIRITACorporal · December 10, 1967
- FRED HAROLD SPEARPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- GERALD ALBERT HUCZEKCorporal · February 11, 1968
- RICHARD FLOYD TURPIN IIISpecialist Four · May 6, 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.