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JAMES OSCAR OLZER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 1, 1948 – February 13, 1970
Service recordJames Oscar Olzer JR, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1970, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 6
- RICHARD JOHN GORGESPrivate First Class · February 13, 1970
- JESUS JAMES MEZASpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
- TRINIDAD GUTIERREZ PRIETOSpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
- CHARLES E SMELTZER IIISergeant · February 13, 1970
- CHARLES GORDON THORNECaptain · February 13, 1970
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.