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STEVEN IRA OLNEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 31, 1946 – June 2, 1968
Service recordSteven Ira Olney, of Lansing, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- January 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Lansing, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 15
- WILLIE LORENZO MORGAN JRSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- JACK ELLSWORTH MUISENERSergeant Major · June 2, 1968
- PHILIP FRANK NESTICOCorporal · June 2, 1968
- JESSIE GERALD POESergeant · June 2, 1968
From Lansing
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · June 27, 1966
- DANIEL SANDUAL CASTILLOLance Corporal · January 22, 1967
- ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- BRIAN LYNN COLBYLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 12, 1967
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.