Robert Charles Olson, Jr

Private First Class
H&S CO, 1ST BN, 5TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
04 January 1949 - 15 December 1967
Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania
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1ST MARDIV

5TH MARINES 		National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Robert Charles Olson, Jr

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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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 25 Sep 2002
Last updated 08/10/2009