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ROBERT CHARLES OLSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 4, 1949 – December 15, 1967
Service recordRobert Charles Olson JR, of Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 3
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- January 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 3
- RICHARD L NORTONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- RILEY CHARLES ONEIL JRCorporal · December 15, 1967
- JUAN SANCHEZ OZUNASergeant · December 15, 1967
- MICHAEL BRADLEY PAQUINStaff Sergeant · December 15, 1967
From Natrona Heights
- JOHN BARRY TALIANAPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- EDWARD F HABBLETT JRPetty Officer First Class · May 18, 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.