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JOHN ANDREW OLSEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 2, 1946 – May 9, 1969
Service recordJohn Andrew Olsen, of St James Heights, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 31
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1946
- Home of record
- St James Heights, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 31
- GERALD MCCORVEYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- VICTOR DAVID MORALESMajor · May 9, 1969
- MARVIN LEWIS NOESergeant · May 9, 1969
- JUAN ORTIZ-RAMIREZPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRANCE BURTON CLANCYSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 28
- ISMAEL SOLISPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 33
- LAWRENCE EDWARD STRAYERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25W, Line 33
From St James Heights
- JAMES THOMAS GERMAINFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 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.