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STEVEN JAMES OLCOTT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 11, 1952 – January 27, 1971
Service recordSteven James Olcott, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 66
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- January 11, 1952
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 66
- DEWIGHT EDWARDS NORTONPrivate First Class · January 27, 1971
- WILLIAM FRANCIS REICHERTCaptain · January 27, 1971
- JAMES EARL WEATHERSBYPrivate First Class · January 27, 1971
- GARNEY BURLESON JRCorporal · January 28, 1971
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.