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JOSEPH OLESON JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 17, 1943 – June 9, 1968
Service recordJoseph Oleson JR, of Bloomfield, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 12
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Bloomfield, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 12
- DAVID EUGENE NASHSergeant · June 9, 1968
- RICHARD LOREN NOWRYCorporal · June 9, 1968
- RAMON OQUENDO-GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · June 9, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN WENGERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK BONDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58W, Line 6
- PATRICK BRIAN COPPOSergeant · Panel 58W, Line 7
- WILLIAM MICHAEL DRAPERStaff Sergeant · Panel 58W, Line 7
- RAMON OQUENDO-GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 12
- CHARLES WELDON HAMMONDSpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 13
- LARRY EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 15
From Bloomfield
- WILLIAM ERNEST SWAYKOSSpecialist Four · January 23, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD MYERSLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL MCLAUGHLINCorporal · July 7, 1967
- RAYMOND WILBERT FRITZ JRSergeant · October 4, 1967
- THOMAS ROBERT BOYDENPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- MICHAEL BERNARD CERVERASpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS BURNHAMPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- ROBERT GERALD DODSONFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1968
- CHESTER COSGROVELance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- CHARLES FREDERICK ABENECaptain · November 19, 1968
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.