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MARK ALLEN OLSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 17, 1950 – October 1, 1970
Service recordMark Allen Olson, of Plano, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Plano, Illinois (Kendall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 105
- RONALD KEVIN ALLGOODSpecialist Four · October 2, 1970
- WILLIAM I ALLSBROOK JRPrivate First Class · October 2, 1970
- ROBERT WARREN ALVERSON JRSpecialist Four · October 2, 1970
- MICHAEL DEAN BANTAPrivate First Class · October 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARK ALLEN MATTERPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 103
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.