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TROY ROBERT OLIVER JR
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
October 10, 1936 – May 19, 1968
Service recordTroy Robert Oliver JR, of Boise, Idaho, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 15
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- October 10, 1936
- Home of record
- Boise, Idaho (Ada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 15
- HASKER LEE NESBITT JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- GARY PAUL NOBLEPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- PATRICK JAMES THIROWAY JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- RAYMOND FARLEY TRANTHAMLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
From Boise
- JESSE DONALD PHELPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- JERRY DUANE ESTESLance Corporal · February 6, 1966
- CLYDE ARTHUR CROWStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GARY JACK FOSTERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- BRUCE ROLLA BENNETTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- ROBERT ALLAN POWELLPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM RONALD BEASLEYFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1966
- LLOYD BRUCE JENSENSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- FLOYD GWEN SAVELLSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS VOLKCaptain · April 21, 1967
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.