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JERRY DEAN OLDS
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
April 20, 1936 – June 5, 1966
Service recordJerry Dean Olds, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 5, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 12
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 20, 1936
- Home of record
- Elizabethtown, Kentucky (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 12
- HUGH REAVIS NELSON JRCaptain · June 5, 1966
- LESTER LEE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- ARTHUR JAMES RUSSELLPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- ALLEN FRANK SCRANTON JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
From Elizabethtown
- BILLY BROWN KINGSergeant · September 22, 1966
- ALVIN COY KNIGHTCorporal · May 5, 1968
- HUBERT WAYNE MILLERSpecialist Four · October 4, 1968
- THOMAS JACKSON BARNES JRSergeant · July 9, 1969
- ROBERT SAMPSON GEERSergeant First Class · November 30, 1970
- TERRY WAYNE DOANSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
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.