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KEITH OLSEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 2, 1948 – June 20, 1969
Service recordKeith Olsen, of Kelso, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 99
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Kelso, Washington (Cowlitz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 99
- WILLIAM LOUIS LONGFirst Lieutenant · June 20, 1969
- ROBERT CARY MAHANPrivate First Class · June 20, 1969
- LUIS ALBERTO MONTOYAPrivate First Class · June 20, 1969
- TONEY FRANCIS MYCKA JRCorporal · June 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSE FRANCISCO ARROYOSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 95
- JOHN DEMEYCaptain · Panel 22W, Line 96
- JOSEPH JAMES GOETZER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 96
- DANIEL HAROLD HACKETTCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 97
- CRAIG HAYES HANSENPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 97
- JIM FRANK JENNINGSSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 98
- LOREN HENRY LARSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 98
From Kelso
- ALBERT HEUGH SMITHStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1967
- DALE LYNN KRUSEPetty Officer Third Class · April 30, 1968
- DONALD HUGH BLOOMERStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
- WILLIAM DALE SECORSergeant · July 2, 1970
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.