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JOHN PAUL OLMSTEAD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 10, 1946 – July 15, 1967
Service recordJohn Paul Olmstead, of Warren, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Warren, Illinois (Jo Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 77
- PATRICK DONOVAN LUCASSpecialist Four · July 15, 1967
- RONALD EUGENE MECKLEYSpecialist Five · July 15, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD MESSENGERSergeant · July 15, 1967
- DONALD PASKOWICZPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL LEE BLANTONSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 73
- PAUL MICHAEL GREGOVICHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 75
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.