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THOMAS M OLIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 4, 1946 – March 15, 1967
Service recordThomas M Olin, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 85
- DOUGLAS LOUIS DISPENSIEROPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- THOMAS CARROLL NICKERSONSergeant · March 15, 1967
- GARY WAYNE OLSONCorporal · March 15, 1967
- ALLEN DARYL PAPENFUSPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH EUGENE DOUGHERTYPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 83
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.