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JON MICHAEL OLSSON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 12, 1944 – December 19, 1969
Service recordJon Michael Olsson, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 19, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 105
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- February 12, 1944
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1969. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 105
- ALAN REED RADERCorporal · December 28, 1969
- LESLIE LEWIS SHELTONLance Corporal · December 28, 1969
- DOUGLAS LEE SNEADLieutenant Colonel · December 28, 1969
- EDWARD REYNOLD STORMMaster Gunnery Sergeant · December 28, 1969
- ROBERT RAY SWAINStaff Sergeant · December 28, 1969
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.