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KENNETH FRANCIS OLENZUK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 4, 1947 – December 25, 1967
Service recordKenneth Francis Olenzuk, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 25, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 59
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 59
- HUGHIE OXENDINEStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE RICHARDSergeant · December 25, 1967
- FRANCIS EUGENE SANDERSPrivate First Class · December 25, 1967
- PETER W SCOTTSergeant · December 25, 1967
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.