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ROBERT JOHN OLLIKAINEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 17, 1950 – October 25, 1969
Service recordRobert John Ollikainen, of Livonia, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 117
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Livonia, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 117
- MILBERT WALTER HAMILTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 25, 1969
- DAVID NELSON HEBERTPrivate First Class · October 25, 1969
- FLORENCIO Q MARQUEZCorporal · October 25, 1969
- CARL EVERETT OLDFIELDPrivate First Class · October 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS THERON FLETCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 116
From Livonia
- PATRICK JOSEPH CONNORSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1966
- MARVIN MERLE DICKSPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- DWIGHT ELMER TIMBERLAKESpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AXFORDLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- ARTHUR PERRY COPELANDLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- JAMES A TILLEYSergeant · January 18, 1968
- ARNOLD PAUL SARNASpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- JERRY ALAN WYMANSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- DENNIS JEROME SPECKSpecialist Four · July 23, 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.