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OLIVER KASPER KORANDO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 29, 1943 – May 10, 1968
Service recordOliver Kasper Korando, of Murphysboro, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Murphysboro, Illinois (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 10
- GERALD EUGENE KINGCorporal · May 10, 1968
- DAVID LYNN KIRKEBYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- RICHARD DENNIS KOSARSergeant · May 10, 1968
- CALVIN RAY LEESergeant · May 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM GERALD BEHANSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 4
- LEROY CONESergeant · Panel 58E, Line 5
- RICHARD JAVIER FLORESCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 7
- PAUL EDWARD JACKSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 58E, Line 9
- ROBERT MILTON JACOBSCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 9
- RAUL SERRANO-ECHEVARRIAPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 9
- RICHARD DENNIS KOSARSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 10
- WILLIAM JOHN MOLTZANSpecialist Five · Panel 58E, Line 12
- DAVID MICHAEL POWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 13
- HOWARD EMERSON QUERRYSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 13
- FRANK PAUL JENCZYK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 15
- EDMUND BAGWEL SCARBOROUGHCaptain · Panel 58E, Line 15
- JOSE LOUIS VIERASCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 17
- RANDOLPH RECARDO WILKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 17
From Murphysboro
- MICHAEL PHILIP SCHWEBELPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- MICHAEL EUGENE OGUINNPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- THOMAS DEAN CONGIARDOPrivate First Class · October 8, 1966
- FRANK EVERETT REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · March 4, 1967
- DAVID WAYNE QUALLSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN MCGEATHPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
- JOHN RAY MIFFLINSergeant · April 23, 1969
- ROBERT LEE FOZZARDStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1970
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.