Robert Charles Olson, Jr
Private First Class
H&S CO, 1ST BN, 5TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania
January 04, 1949 to December 15, 1967
ROBERT C OLSON Jr is on the Wall at Panel 32E, Line 3

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25 Sep 2002

Remembered and loved by family and friends
for you and your sacrifice

I would like to know more information about my cousin's military service, like his unit and how he died. Most of his family are also gone ... according to records, he was a mortarman and was killed in Quang Nam, South Vietnam on Dec. 15, 1967 in non-hostile action (accident). If you have any information, please send me an email...

Thanks, Chet Olson
chet8@zoominternet.net


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

The 5th Marines' operations log for 15 December 1967 contains the following entry:

Two Marines died as a result of the defective munition - Pfc Robert C. Olson and LCpl Larry D. Traaseth of Eau Claire, Wsconsin.


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