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JOHN LOUIS OLSEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 2, 1944 – June 21, 1967
Service recordJohn Louis Olsen, of New Rochelle, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 32
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 3 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 2, 1944
- Home of record
- New Rochelle, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 32
- CLIFFORD W LEATHERS JRSpecialist Four · June 21, 1967
- EDGAR LEE MCWETHY JRSpecialist Five · June 21, 1967
- RICHARD GENE OSBORNEPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- DARRELL JOHN SPINLERCaptain · June 21, 1967
From New Rochelle
- HEZEKIAH GEORGEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN LYSAGHTLance Corporal · July 25, 1966
- JAMES WILLIAM EISNERPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- WALTER LUDWIG HAMMERSCHLAGPrivate First Class · December 8, 1966
- FREDERICK JAMES CARRATUROSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- THELBERT ALLYSON JAMESPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ONEAL WRIGHTLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM LESTER NEWSOMEPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY BARBOURPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES EDWARDSLance Corporal · October 13, 1969
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.