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JOHN HENRY OLDS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 5, 1947 – December 9, 1966
Service recordJohn Henry Olds, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 25
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- JIMMIE LEE PATRICKStaff Sergeant · December 9, 1966
- PATRICK JOHN SALYARDSPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- CHARLES E SIVITSSergeant · December 9, 1966
- J T SMITHPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE CLYDE BEDDINGFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 23
- JIMMIE LEE PATRICKStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 25
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.