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ROBERT FRANKLIN OLSON
Captain · U.S. Army
January 7, 1936 – August 7, 1969
Service recordRobert Franklin Olson, of Britt, Iowa, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 7, 1936
- Home of record
- Britt, Iowa (Hancock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 109
- STEPHEN BLAKE PEELSpecialist Four · August 7, 1969
- BOBBY RAY QUESENBERRYPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- CHARLES LENARD REEFERCorporal · August 7, 1969
- STEPHEN PAUL SHANERSergeant · August 7, 1969
From Britt
- KEITH ALAN KAHLSTORFPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
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.