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PAUL GREGORY OLENZUK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 2, 1946 – August 10, 1968
Service recordPaul Gregory Olenzuk, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 43
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 43
- DANIEL LYNN EDWARDSPrivate First Class · August 10, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER LEE RAINSSpecialist Four · August 10, 1968
- JAMES TIMOTHY RANDOLPHLance Corporal · August 10, 1968
- DONALD MERLE REDMONDPrivate First Class · August 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL LEE AULTCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 38
- RICHARD K CRISWELL IIICorporal · Panel 49W, Line 39
- ANTONIO VARGAS GARCIASergeant · Panel 49W, Line 40
- ALBERT RANDELL HAYNESPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 41
- ROGER HULSEYCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 41
- SAMUEL REESE JAMES IICorporal · Panel 49W, Line 42
- RAYMOND GEORGE KRISKOVICHSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 42
- JOHN JOSEPH MATARAZZI JRCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 42
- STEVEN MICHAEL SCHLOSSERCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 44
- MICHAEL BRYANT SNYDERSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 44
- KURT PATRICK STEPHENSONCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 45
- EDWARD STEWARTSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 45
- GEORGE ERNEST VALKER IIISpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 45
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.