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MICHAEL PIERCE OLIVER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1947 – January 8, 1968
Service recordMichael Pierce Oliver, of Butler, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 90
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Butler, Tennessee (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 90
- DAVID DONELL NICHOLSONCorporal · January 8, 1968
- JOHN GARY NIEDERMEYERPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- MARTIN EDWARD OGRADYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- NELSON MONTAGUE ONEALCorporal · January 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD MATTHEW BISSENPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 79
- ANTHONY RONALD WATKINSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 2
From Butler
- TONY LEE GRIFFITHSergeant · February 5, 1969
- JAMES CAROLL GILBERTSergeant Major · March 12, 1969
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.