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STEVEN RICKY OLSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 28, 1948 – July 22, 1968
Service recordSteven Ricky Olson, of St Clair, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 22, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 35
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 2 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 28, 1948
- Home of record
- St Clair, Missouri (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 35
- GARY ANTONE MEYERSpecialist Four · July 22, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK MURPHYSpecialist Four · July 22, 1968
- JACKIE RAY POLINGSergeant · July 22, 1968
- MYRON JEROME POOCKCaptain · July 22, 1968
From St Clair
- THOMAS EDGAR MURRAYLieutenant (junior grade) · October 28, 1965
- ELLIOTT LYNN MERKLEPrivate · January 2, 1966
- LEE CHRISTOPHER JAMES JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- GEORGE DALE HARPERPrivate First Class · February 1, 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.