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JOHN DAVID OLENICK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 9, 1946 – May 23, 1969
Service recordJohn David Olenick, of Weirton, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Weirton, West Virginia (Brooke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 88
- EDWARD MENDEZ-QUINTANASpecialist Four · May 23, 1969
- ROY C NEWSOMESpecialist Four · May 23, 1969
- WILLIAM WHITBY OLSENSergeant · May 23, 1969
- RONALD RAY WARDPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JAMES KUHNCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 86
- EDWARD MENDEZ-QUINTANASpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 88
From Weirton
- THOMAS JOSEPH BROOKSLance Corporal · November 10, 1966
- PAUL LOUIS SALERNOPrivate First Class · July 17, 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.