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RICK ALTON OLIVER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 30, 1948 – February 16, 1969
Service recordRick Alton Oliver, of Chula Vista, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 45
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Chula Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 45
- HUGH RUFUS MCKINNEYCorporal · February 16, 1969
- GARY LEE MILLERFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1969
- JERRY LAWRENCE MOOREStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1969
- ARTHUR LAWRENCE PAPALEWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY MELVIN ALCOSSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 41
- KENNETH JERNIGAN LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 44
- ARTHUR LAWRENCE PAPALEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32W, Line 45
- NORMAND PAUL PERRONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32W, Line 47
From Chula Vista
- PAUL ARTHUR WILDAUERLieutenant Commander · March 2, 1964
- RICHARD BRIGHTPrivate · July 21, 1966
- RICHARD EARL SIPESPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · February 13, 1967
- WILSON E BIBLER JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- EDWIN EARL COOPERHospitalman · February 24, 1967
- JOHN IGNATIUS HIGGINS JRHospitalman · October 14, 1967
- RICHARD D WEEDERSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · March 14, 1968
- RAYMOND OMER KINCANNONCaptain · April 1, 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.