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JAMES DANIEL OLSEN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
February 28, 1941 – April 25, 1966
Service recordJames Daniel Olsen, of East Alton, Illinois, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 134
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BDE 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1941
- Home of record
- East Alton, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 134
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL LINESPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- ROBERT GILBERT MUELLERPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- EARL STANLEYPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- KENNETH HARVEY DELPPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
From East Alton
- JOHN BRAXTON WOODALLFirst Lieutenant · April 30, 1967
- WILLIAM C LANGHAMSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- TERRY LEE DALLAPESpecialist Four · July 30, 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.