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JOSEPH VERNE OLSZEWSKI
Fireman · U.S. Navy
September 9, 1949 – January 27, 1970
Service recordJoseph Verne Olszewski, of Chico, California, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 27, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 72
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electrician's Mate (EM)
- Born
- September 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Chico, California (Butte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 72
- WESLEY WOMBLE CARROLL IIIWarrant Officer 1 · January 27, 1970
- GARY LEE HOBBSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1970
- JACKEY VAN KNIGHTENPrivate First Class · January 27, 1970
- THEODORE RICHARD LEIGHTONFirst Lieutenant · January 27, 1970
From Chico
- JOHN ROBERT ADAMSSergeant First Class · November 8, 1967
- FLOYD WAYNE STRANGEChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 2, 1967
- GARY RALPH SCHWELLENBACHCorporal · December 27, 1967
- MICHAEL FREDERICK WALKERPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- ALLAN DEAN MASTELLERSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- GARY DENNIS HOLTONSpecialist Four · July 3, 1968
- TODD LOUIS WOODSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- HARRY DANIEL SARAKOVPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- GEORGE FRANCIS TALKENLieutenant Commander · August 2, 1969
- ROY VERNON RAWLINSergeant · August 11, 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.