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LUIS OLMOS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 22, 1944 – December 21, 1966
Service recordLuis Olmos, of Pacoima, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 69
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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
- February 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Pacoima, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 69
- JAMES CRABB MCINTOSHLieutenant Colonel · December 21, 1966
- ERNEST ORTEGASergeant · December 21, 1966
- BERNARD EDWARD STJEANCorporal · December 21, 1966
- NORMAN GEORGE TOENNIESSpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE RAY DURHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 67
- ROBERT GEORGE WILKIEPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 70
From Pacoima
- WILLIAM GARCIASpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- RODERICK CHARLES PORTELLOStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ADAMSSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- HOWARD DEXTER GERSHENPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- WARREN H SCHROBILGEN JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- RONALD JAMES PERKINSLance Corporal · November 17, 1967
- RAYMOND BARELA PALMAPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- DANIEL JOHN VILLEGASPlatoon Sergeant · February 11, 1968
- JORDAN JAY OZANNEPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- EDUARDO VELOZSergeant · August 5, 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.