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RICHARD JAMES OLSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 8, 1949 – April 26, 1968
Service recordRichard James Olson, of Grand Forks, North Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Grand Forks, North Dakota (Grand Forks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 22
- JOHN LEWIS MCDANIELMajor · April 26, 1968
- JAMES J MCKINSTRY JRCaptain · April 26, 1968
- CALVIN IAN NESBITTPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- DANIEL JEROME OCONNORSergeant · April 26, 1968
From Grand Forks
- ROBERT EDWIN SWANSONPrivate First Class · October 26, 1965
- MARTIN WILLIAM STEENMajor · May 31, 1966
- CLIFTON EMMET CUSHMANMajor · September 25, 1966
- EUGENE LOUIS LAVOY JRPrivate · March 3, 1967
- GARY WAYNE LINDSAYLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- JAMES CHRISTIAN FREIDTPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
- WILLIAM TOD POTTERCaptain · February 5, 1968
- RICHARD FRANK TRISKESergeant · June 2, 1968
- THOMAS EARL ALDERSONCaptain · October 3, 1968
- MELVIN DENNIS LEMBKEFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1968
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.