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JEROME ANDREW OLSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 4, 1949 – May 21, 1971
Service recordJerome Andrew Olson, of Excelsior, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 47
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Excelsior, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1971; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 47
- STEVEN MICHAEL MITCHELLSpecialist Five · May 21, 1971
- JOHN HENRY NAJMOLASpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
- LEO CLARK OATMANStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1971
- JAMES EDWARD TIGHESpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MARCUS EUGENE ARNESONPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 43
- VINCENT MARIO BENEDETTIPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 43
- RANDALL JOHN GLASSPOOLESpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 43
- CHARLES MARION CRAWFORDSergeant Major · Panel 3W, Line 44
- ALVIN CHRISTOPHER CURRYSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 44
- THOMAS FRANCIS DELEHANTSergeant First Class · Panel 3W, Line 44
- JOE FRANK GAYOSSOPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 44
- COLUMBUS VIRGLE GROSSSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 45
- BILLY DALE HERRINGSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 45
- WILLIAM HAROLD HJORTHSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 45
- WILLIAM CLARENCE JENNINGSSergeant First Class · Panel 3W, Line 45
- WILLIAM MICHAEL KENEDYSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 46
- CHARLES NORBERT KOWALKSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 46
- KARL JOSEPH LAVALLEEPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 46
- ROBERT BURTON LECATESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 46
- STEVEN MICHAEL MITCHELLSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 47
- JOHN HENRY NAJMOLASpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 47
- LEO CLARK OATMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 47
- OSIER LAWRENCE PRUITTSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 48
- ALBERTO ANTONIO RAMIREZPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 48
- WILLIAM SAYLOR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 48
- WILLIAM TAFT SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 48
- J C SUMMERLINSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 48
- BENNIE LEE NORTHStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 49
From Excelsior
- BERNARD ALBERT TESKE IIILance Corporal · May 11, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL KITTLESONCorporal · February 25, 1969
- THOMAS ALLISON KNOPIKWarrant Officer 1 · November 18, 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.