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WALTER STANLEY OLINSKY JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 23, 1949 – September 16, 1969
Service recordWalter Stanley Olinsky JR, of Revere, Massachusetts, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 96
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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Revere, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1969; eight of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 96
- JOHNNY RAY MCKENZIEPrivate · September 16, 1969
- LARRY GRAYDON MOOTHARTSergeant · September 16, 1969
- JERRY LEWIS OGRENStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1969
- M C PAGEStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FREEMAN ABRAHAM CARRCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 93
- JOHN JOSEPH KALENCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 95
- ALFRED GEORGE SAPP SRColonel · Panel 18W, Line 98
- ROBERT EUGENE SCHMITZSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 98
- DONALD JOSEPH TRAMPSKIStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 98
From Revere
- ALAN JOSEPH OBRIENFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- ARTHUR RUSSELL LEGROW JRFirst Lieutenant · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT LAWRENCE BLAISPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1969
- STEPHEN JOSEPH PENTAPetty Officer Third Class · August 12, 1969
- JAMES LOVES DELMONTSergeant Major · June 10, 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.