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RONALD LEON OLSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 20, 1949 – November 24, 1969
Service recordRonald Leon Olson, of Concord, New Hampshire, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 118
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Concord, New Hampshire (Merrimack County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 118
- JAMES RANDLE JONES JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- PETER RICHARD MATTHESMajor · November 24, 1969
- ALLEN DEAN PERKINSWarrant Officer 1 · November 24, 1969
- BURTON KEENEY PHILIPS JRFirst Lieutenant · November 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BARRY JOSEPH BEDARDSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 114
- JOHN JUNIOR SEXTONSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 119
- JACK EARL DEETERSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 120
From Concord
- ERNEST GEORGE PAULPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- EVERETT PORTER RUNNELLSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- WALTER ALECK MURZINLance Corporal · October 2, 1966
- RONALD D ROACHSergeant · February 12, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN SALTMARSHPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- GEORGE PHILIP DESMARAISPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- WAYNE THOMAS PROVENCHERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- WILLIAM R DOUILLETTE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
- DOUGLAS EARL STOVERWarrant Officer 1 · March 26, 1969
- GARY CHESTER TOWLECorporal · May 24, 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.