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ROBERT LEE OLLOM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 26, 1947 – April 21, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Ollom, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 24
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 24
- WILLIAM MERRITT NEELEYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- BERNARD JOSEPH NEWHOUSEPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1968
- FLOYD WARREN OLSENLieutenant Colonel · April 21, 1968
- CHARLES WAYNE REBERGSergeant · April 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DOUGLAS FULKERSINSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 19
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.