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STEVEN WAYNE OLSEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 14, 1947 – May 23, 1968
Service recordSteven Wayne Olsen, of Sunset Beach, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 12
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
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- October 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Sunset Beach, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 12
- JAMES PATRICK MCCOLLUMCaptain · May 23, 1968
- TIMOTHY ARTHUR MCGURTYCorporal · May 23, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE NELSONStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- TERRENCE EDWARD ONEILSergeant · May 23, 1968
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.