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JOHN FRANCIS OLESNANIK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 7, 1946 – January 11, 1968
Service recordJohn Francis Olesnanik, of Indiana, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 11, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 30
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- April 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Indiana, Pennsylvania (Indiana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 30
- JAMES RICHARD LOYHospitalman · January 11, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL MANCINIPetty Officer Second Class · January 11, 1968
- ROBERT LYNN MCCALLISTERLance Corporal · January 11, 1968
- TERRY LYNN MEYERPetty Officer Third Class · January 11, 1968
From Indiana
- HAROLD ALAN PREISENDEFERFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- ROBERT LEO BABULAStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- ROBERT EARL KLINEColonel · November 2, 1966
- RONALD LEE JOHNSTONFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1967
- GARY WAYNE STERNLance Corporal · July 21, 1967
- JAMES FREDERICK BROWNPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- WAYNE EUGENE LEWIS JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- TERRY LOUIS FYOCKSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
- WALTER PAUL BEMPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- ANDREW ANTHONY HORCHAR JRPetty Officer Third Class · April 9, 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.