Timeline
Birth- 4 Jan 1926
Military Service
Rank
Commander
Conflicts
Vietnam War
Service #
503710
Finding of Death
23 Feb 1968
Enlistment
1946
Branch
United States Navy
Served For
United States of America
Casualty- 11 Jan 1968
Recovery: Identification
20 May 2003
Recovery: Identification
Central Identification Laboratory (CILHI), Hawaii
Recovery: JTFFA Investigation
Apr 1996
Recovery: Initial Joint Investigation
May 1993
Recovery: Repatriated
10 July 2001
Recovery: JTFFA/CILHI Investigation
Mar 2000
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Panel
34E
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Row
031
Place of Residence
Casselton, ND
Race or Ethnicity
White
Occupation
Army Pilot
Vietnam War Service: Base
Nakhon Phantom Airfield, Nakhon, Thialand
Vietnam War Service: MOS
Pilot
Vietnam War Service: Casualty Date
11 Jan 1968
Vietnam War Service: Decorations
DFC, PH, AM
Vietnam War Service: Final Mission
Sensor Seeding Mission
Vietnam War Service: Unit
Observation Squadron 67
Vietnam War Service: Aircraft
Lockheed OP-2E Neptune
Jan 1968
Death- 11 Jan 1968
Killed in Action; Air Loss - Land Crash
Khammouane Province, Laos
Burial- 18 June 2003
Arlington National Cemetery, VA
Other Facts
Social Security
Social Security Number
***-**-9870
Full Name
Delbert Olson
Also known as
Del
Full Name
Delbert Austin Olson
