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OLIN RICHARD THRUSH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 29, 1943 – September 23, 1966
Service recordOlin Richard Thrush, of Lockport, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 23, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 5
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Lockport, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 5
- CARMELO ROMAN-AGUILARPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · September 23, 1966
- JOHN THEODORE KLUMPPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
From Lockport
- GARY RAMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- ROBERT EUGENE FOSTERStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES SIPPELPetty Officer Third Class · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCGINNISMajor · February 20, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES HANNIGANSergeant · August 7, 1968
- FRANK EDWARD TIMIANSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- JAMES HOWARD LEESpecialist Four · July 15, 1969
- PAUL JAMES KNEELANDSergeant · September 18, 1969
- PHILIP JON STEMPERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- GERALD PAUL WICKCaptain · February 15, 1971
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.