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ROGER LEWIS OLSON
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
October 20, 1947 – March 26, 1968
Service recordRoger Lewis Olson, of Ft Dodge, Iowa, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 26, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 38
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- October 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Dodge, Iowa (Webster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1968; 22 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 38
- CHARLES RAY MOOMEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- MAURICE MOOREPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT WESLEY MORRISPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- JAMES MYRON MOSERSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
From Ft Dodge
- TERRENCE HASTINGS GRIFFEYFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1966
- DONALD KAY LAKEYSergeant · November 1, 1966
- DONALD HENRY HOLMSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- RICHARD T FLATTERY JRFirst Lieutenant · May 20, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN FLESKESConstructionman · August 23, 1968
- LESLIE DEWAYNE CROUSELieutenant Colonel · August 31, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE PETERS JRFirst Lieutenant · June 21, 1969
- WILLIAM HARRISON PEASESpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- TIMOTHY LEE GREENSergeant · May 7, 1970
- DARYL DAVID SHONKACorporal · August 5, 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.