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OLEN LEE UPSHAW
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 11, 1937 – October 3, 1970
Service recordOlen Lee Upshaw, of Holly Grove, Arkansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 11, 1937
- Home of record
- Holly Grove, Arkansas (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1970
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 110
- STEVEN ERNEST LUCASSpecialist Four · October 3, 1970
- MICHAEL JOHN SAMPSONSpecialist Four · October 3, 1970
- WALTER RAY WINTERSPetty Officer Second Class · October 3, 1970
- GARY PETER FORMICASpecialist Four · October 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RALPH GILBERT BARTLEY JRSergeant First Class · Panel 7W, Line 109
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.