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PHILIP JOHN OLOFSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 2, 1944 – May 18, 1967
Service recordPhilip John Olofson, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 33
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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
- April 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 33
- THEODORE RUSSELL NELSONPetty Officer Third Class · May 18, 1967
- JAMES CLIFTON OFFLEYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- RONNY LEROY PALMERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- JEARL EDWARD RIMMERSergeant · May 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FLORENTINO CIPRIAN BARRONCorporal · Panel 20E, Line 20
- ROY DUKE CHITWOODStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 22
- COIL EDMOND JRCorporal · Panel 20E, Line 25
- WILLIAM CARL FREUNDCorporal · Panel 20E, Line 26
- WILLIE ROGER GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 28
- JOHN WAYNE HUDGENSSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 29
- STANLEY MICHAEL JAMROZYSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 29
- ALVIN RICHARD SPIDERPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 36
- CALVIN LEROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 37
- LEON THORNTONSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 37
- OLIVER ARGYLE WARESergeant First Class · Panel 20E, Line 38
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.