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MICHAEL DEE OLIVER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 21, 1946 – May 2, 1968
Service recordMichael Dee Oliver, of Corvallis, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Corvallis, Oregon (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 73 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 14
- CLAUDE EDWARD MCQUEENLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- RICHARD HERBERT NALEYSergeant · May 2, 1968
- JAMES PATON NICHOLSONPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- FELIX OCASIOLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
From Corvallis
- THOMAS RICHARD SIEBENSergeant · January 10, 1967
- GEORGE GREART GONSALVESPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- JACK SELWYN IMLAHFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1968
- WILLIAM LOUIS KINKADECaptain · September 1, 1968
- LARRY ALAN GILLASPIESpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT F MCCLAFLINLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- RICHARD HALL BRIGHTLance Corporal · December 14, 1969
- DARRELL GEORGE WOOD JRFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1970
- VERNON EARL SCHROCKCorporal · May 26, 1970
- ROBERT ARTHUR BRETT JRCaptain · September 29, 1972
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.