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LARRY REX OLSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 26, 1945 – June 19, 1968
Service recordLarry Rex Olson, of Mchenry, North Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 37
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Mchenry, North Dakota (Foster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; six 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 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 37
- CHARLES ANTHONY MCKINNEYSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- ROBERT A MCLOUGHLIN JRCorporal · June 19, 1968
- PAUL LAVERNE OAKES JRFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1968
- GERALD ARTHUR PHILLIPSSpecialist Six · June 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID RUSSELL BARTHOLOMEWPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 31
- JOHN STEPHEN BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 32
- JEFFERY H HALLSpecialist Four · Panel 56W, Line 34
- MICHAEL JAMES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 35
- JAMES RAY FRY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 36
- JOHN JOSEPH LINKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56W, Line 36
- EUGENE L MANSELLE IIIPrivate · Panel 56W, Line 36
- RUBEN D MERCADO-GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · Panel 56W, Line 36
- CHARLES ANTHONY MCKINNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 56W, Line 37
- JOHN VINCENT QUINTALSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 2
- BOBBY DWAYNE STANLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 2
- FRED WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 3
- GARY DORVIN WOODSPrivate · Panel 55W, Line 3
- ROBERT GEORGE ZINKPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 4
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.