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TIMOTHY ARTHUR OLSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 19, 1944 – February 7, 1967
Service recordTimothy Arthur Olson, of Jamestown, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Jamestown, New York (Chautauqua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1967; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 7
- GEORGE KENTON SISLERFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1967
- RODGER CLAYBORN SNYDERSpecialist Four · February 7, 1967
- HAROLD EUGENE STIGERMaster Sergeant · February 7, 1967
- CLARENCE JOSEPH SWEENEYCaptain · February 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BILLY CHARLESSergeant First Class · Panel 15E, Line 5
- BOBBY JOHN JENNINGSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 5
From Jamestown
- JOHN FRANKLIN BARRYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- ORMAN LEE CROSSLEY JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- NICHOLAS PAUL LIGAMMARISpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS INTIHARPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- FREDERICK ALFRED VERRYSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
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.