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JOHN PAUL HARRIS OLT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 12, 1943 – August 8, 1966
Service recordJohn Paul Harris Olt, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 12, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 116
- ALFREDO OSTOLAZO-MALDONADOPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- MARK EDWARD PARKERPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- DEREK BOYD POPESpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- ANDREW MARCO SHERMANSecond Lieutenant · August 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CLAUDE FREDRICK WEIDERMANSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 119
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.