Vietnam War Veterans

This is an attempt to identify all of the Olmste(a)ds, direct descendants of Olmste(a)ds, or their spouses that served in the military during the Vietnam era (1956-1975). If you know of a family member that should be listed here, please email us the relevant information.

This list has been compiled from various sources: the Veterans Administration grave site locator data which lists only those veterans that have received an appropriate marker from the VA; the names and records on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (“The Wall”) in Washington, DC; Find-a-Grave records and newspaper obituary that include military service. It should be noted that we list all below those that served during the period of the Vietnam War, not all served “in theater” (in the active Vietnam War area) as anyone serving during the period 5 Aug 1964 to 7 May 1975 is listed as Vietnam service by the Veterans Administration and the Department of Defense.

Abbreviations following the date of death: KIA = Killed in Action (body recovered and returned for burial in the US), MIA = Missing in Action (body not recovered), CAS = non-combat casualty, and POW = for those held captive by opposing military or civilian forces. The death date will be blank if the Veteran was living at the time his name was entered in this listing.

To access their genealogical record on WikiTree, add the ID to URL, i.e., www.wikitree.com/wiki/(add wikitree ID here). The WikiTree ID is the persons last name at birth followed by a hyphen and a number. If a Wiki profile has not yet been created, just WT will appear in the field in the chart below. You are welcome to edit existing Wiki profiles or add new ones. Wiki profiles often contain photos and biographical information. Living persons are hidden on WikiTree; email Walt for more information.

Find-a-Grave Memorials often include photos of cemetery monuments, personal photos, obituaries, and other information about an individual (including links to family members also on FAG) in addition to the cemetery name and location. To access a memorial, write down the number and then on the right side of the Find-a-Grave home page click on “Search 160 Million Graves” and then insert the number in the field marked “Memorial #” leaving the other fields blank, and hit “search.” Start by clicking this link to Find-a-Grave.  In a few instances there will be multiple FAG numbers when a man was KIA or MIA and a memorial was created for burial, or on a “Wall of Honor,” in an American overseas cemetery and the family also placed a memorial in a local cemetery. If we have not yet found a FAG Memorial for an individual, or they were living at the time their name was added to the listing, a # will appear in the chart below.

 Name  Birth Date  Death Date  Service  WikiTree ID  FAG Number
Alexander, James Blair, Jr. 7 Oct 1925 10 Feb 1965 Sp5, US Army, KIA #102368009
Antozzi, William Olmsted 19 Jun 1912 22 Oct 1998 Col., US Army Antozzi-2 #183790839
Baumgardner, Ralph Franklin 5 Oct 1939 22 may 2003 US Air Force Baumgardner-495 #72454122
Buck, Gerald Bruce 4 Apr 1931 9 Jul 1993 US Marine Corps WT #123912049
Castor, Earl Edward 1 Feb 1933 8 Jan 1990 RM-1 US Navy Castor-430 #476914
Chinnock, Elmer Herbert 13 Apr 1945 Chinnock-72
Christopher, Dennis James 29 Nov 1947 30 Nov 2018 US Navy Christopher-1967 #195138999
Christopher, Raymond Wendell 23 Oct 1943 4 Feb 2016 US Army Christopher-1968 #157848410
DeGraf, William Bradford 10 Jan 1926 US Army WT #
Decker, Jason Howard, Jr. 28 Jan 1922 2 May 2012 Lt Col US Air Force Decker-3648 #116780992
Earnshaw, Frederick Marvin III 2 Jul 1943 24 May 2010 Earnshaw-221 #
Fenner, Richard Corydon 26 Dec 1928 25 Oct 2005 LtCdr US Navy Fenner-881 #28703283
Fulford, David Lee 31 Oct 1947 15 Sep 2006 SPC 1st/class US Army Fulford-675 #90826491
Guntert, John F. 11 Oct 1948 16 Feb 207 USMC Guntert-6 #176517873
Guntert, Joseph F. 21 May 1945 5 Mar 2016 US Navy Guntert-4 #188456010
Hunter, Raymond Keith 15 Aug 1943 21 Jun 1976 Hunter-12747 #148000742
Hunter, Wayne Leroy 30 May 1940 14 Dec 1970 Hunter-12744 #175390787
Johnson, Vernon William 25 Mar 1939 USAF Johnson-67851 #
Kopecky, Richard Ervin 1 Nov 1951 23 Jul 1975 USAF Kopecky-101 #733703248
LaPlante, Bernard Moses 1 Sep 1945 29 Aug 2004 Pvt. US Army LaPlante-371 #42473857
Makidon, William Norman 1942 US Army Makidon-4 #
Moorman, Daniel William 31 Aug 1928 US Navy Moorman-1147 #
Olmstead, Allan Douglas 10 Dec 1941 28 Dec 1992 DS3 US Navy WT #3838315
Olmstead, Allen MacConnell 28 Feb 1918 28 Dec 2006 Lt Col US Army WT #66693037
Olmstead, Arthur Raymond 30 Mar 1943 29 Oct 2006 SPC 4 US Army WT #81225604
Olmstead, Benjamin W. 29 Aug 1942 24 Jul 2014 US Army WT #133448661
Olmstead, Brady Lee 25 Jan 1950 10 Jan 2007 Spc 4 US Army Secret Service Olmstead-1378 #17395705
Olmstead, Cecil Wayne 1 Aug 1939 9 Feb 2008 PFC US Army WT #24819733
Olmstead, Chester John, Jr. 14 Jun 1951 13 Jul 2014 SP4 US Army; SN US Navy WT #
Olmstead, Dale Frank 12 Aug 1944 21 Oct 1969 – KIA Sgt US Army, 11th Lt Inf Olmstead-5770 #182123434
Olmstead, Daniel Mark 19 Sep 1949 28  Oct 2011 US Navy Olmstead-9322 #103183426
Olmstead, David D. 13 Jun 1952 11 Feb 2008 SP4 US Army Olmstead-4215 #36507581
Olmstead, David R. 31 Oct 1949 19 Jul 2000 Pvt US Army Olmstead-4216 #
Olmstead, Donald Leroy 26 Mar 1948 25 Nov 2018 US Army Olmstead-4287 #
Olmstead, Donald S. 22 Apr 1917 7 Mar 1999 Tec 5 USArmy Olmstead 912 #30347584
Olmstead, Earl Robert 26 Sep 1940 (living) US Navy WT #
Olmstead, Edward Bruce 30 Oct 1946 17 Apr 2008 A1c US Air Force Olmstead-2664 #84785669
Olmstead, Edwin 14 Jan 1934 6 Jan 1999 M/Sgt US Air Force Olmstead-4217 #1048396
Olmstead, Francis J. 1 Oct 1948 25 May 2002 Sgt US Marine Corps Olmstead-8305 #137140334
Olmstead, Gerald 14 Feb 1945 17 Jul 2009 . WT #116905303
Olmstead, Gerald Frederick 12 Feb 1942 21 Dec 2018 US Navy; USS Tioga Olmstead-5721 #
Olmstead, Grady Dee 25 Jan 1950 (living) US Army Secret Service Olmstead-1379 #
Olmstead, Gregory Clayton 1 Dec 1954 31 Jul 2016 US Navy WT #167613631
Olmstead, Howard Arthur 15 Mar 1952 14 Jul 2014 SP 4 US Army Olmstead-7397 203297727
Olmstead, Howard K 13 Jul 1939 16 Dec 2009 SP 4 US Army Olmstead-3826 #119117046
Olmstead, Jimmy Arthur 13 Sep 1936 7 Feb 2000 SFC US Army Olmstead-1375 #45111598
Olmstead, John Paul 10 May 1946 15 Jul 1967 – KIA Sgt. US Army, 196th Light Inf Olmstead-1317 #109098280
Olmstead, Keith Ellis 13 Jul 1939 28 Jul 2010 US Coast Guard WT #
Olmstead, Laverne A. 12 Jul 1939 14 Sep 2015 SP4 US Army WT #175628763
Olmstead, Lawrence Elmer 21 May 1934 SMSgtUS Air Force Olmstead-7146 #190603853
Olmstead, Leon Franklin 10 Dec 1918 27 Jun 1980 Lt. Col., USAF WT #1048407
Olmstead, Leroy Paul 14 May 1956 10 May 1992 SP4 US Army WT #4068406
Olmstead, Loren Duane 7 Mar 1939 23 Apr 2009 A1c US Air Force Olmstead-6850 #76039825
Olmstead, Lyle Richard 16 Mar 1948 25 Jun 2016 Sgt US Army Olmstead-7396 #170767003
Olmstead, Mark Wayne 1 Apr 1951 9 Dec 2018 US Army Olmstead-9323 #214066689
Olmstead, Melvin John 2 Sep 1946 3 Jan 2017 Tec 5 US Army Olmstead-5719 #
Olmstead, Merritt Eugene 2 Dec 1939 22 Oct 2011 US Army Olmstead-3943 #79588340
Olmstead, Norman H 27 Aug 1947 20 Jan 2014 SP4 US Army WT #
Olmstead, Olin Clifford 15 Feb 1929 19 Mar 2000 PO1 US Navy WT #82523564
Olmstead, Oliver C. 1 Feb 1931 31 Aug 2005 MGYSgt US Marine Corps. WT # 14002752
Olmstead, Philip Charles 3 Mar 1949 18 Def 2009 Sgt US Marine Corps WT #110835225
Olmstead, Quintin E. 9 Aug 1933 17 Jul 2008 S/Sgt US Air Force WT #169555383
Olmstead, Robert Frederick 19 Jan 1940 20 Apr 2021 SMSgt US Air Force Olmstead-8830 #
Olmstead, Robert Lloyd 1 Jan 1940 1 Oct 2019 A/1cUS Air Force Olmstead-934 #203513259
Olmstead, Robert Ray 23 May 1933 14 Oct 1995 SMSgt US Air Force Olmstead-9901 #1115717909
Olmstead, Robin Lee 11 Sep 1948 29 Jul 1967 – CAS Pfc US Marine Corps Olmstead-5771 #118524176
Olmstead, Stanley Edward 12 Nov 1933 6 Apr 1973 – MIA Cdr. US Navy Olmstead-5528 #26963102
Olmstead, Stanley Rex 25 Jan 1948 9 Mar 2002 SA US Navy Olmstead-508 #72040974
Olmstead, Steven Edgerton 4 Oct 1948 26 Feb 1985 Capt US Marine Corps WT #131619714
Olmstead, Stephen Harold 30 Apr 1947 US Air Force Olmstead-7504
Olmstead, Thomas Charles 28 Jul 1947 27 Jul 2007 SP4 US Army WT #72738708
Olmstead, Thomas Clark 10 May 1952 4 Oct 1999 HT1 US Navy WT #57419320
Olmstead, Thomas W. 11 Feb 1948 Col. US Air Force Olmstead-6294 #
Olmstead, Vernon Dean 7 Apr 1952 18 Jan 2008 AB US Air Force Olmstead-2299 #154983472
Olmstead, W. Michael 6 May 1945 26 May 1999 MCPO US Coast Guard WT #1048416
Olmstead, William Ellis 29 Sep 1942 28 Feb 2009 US Army Olmstead-3895 #59296853
Olmstead, William Forest 24 Jun 1936 5 Jan 2010 M/Sgt US Air Force WT #53421972
Olmstead, William Howard 20 Jan 1938 22 Sep 1981 M/Sgt US Air Force WT #1048421
Olmstead, William J 17 Aug 1944 3 Dec 1997 Capt US Air Force WT #43079414
Olmsted, Aaron G., Jr. 19 Dec 1950 13 May 2011 Lt Col US Air Force WT #78232034
Olmsted, Allan Douglas 10 Dec 1941 28 Dec 1992 DS3 US Navy Olmsted-875 #3838318
Olmsted, Bruce Edward 17 Mar 1947 S/Sgt US Army Olmsted-461 #
Olmsted, Charles Edwin, III 28 Jun 1935 5 Jun 1977 M/Sgt USAF WT #1048429
Olmsted, Collin Archie 11 Sep 1942 US Navy SeaBees Olmsted-1549 #
Olmsted, David Alloysius, Jr. 11 Dec 1947 7 May 2008 PV2 US Army WT #
Olmsted, Donald L. 15 Aug 1947 26 Sep 2003 SN US Navy WT #17576833
Olmsted, Douglas Scott 28 Sep 1946 26 Mar 1986 US Navy Olmsted-2433 #36573310
Olmsted, Gerald Ray 6 Aug 1947 10 Jan 1969 – CAS Cpl. US Army, 4th Inf. Olmsted-4149 #114612058
Olmsted, Gerald William 29 Jan 1946 13 Nov 2015 EM3 US Navy WT #155947831
Olmsted, Howard 1 Apr 1932 31 Oct 2012 M/Sgt US Marine Corps WT #
Olmsted, James Charles 28 Jun 1945 S/Sgt, US Air Force WT #
Olmsted, James D. 15 Jul 1946 18 Oct 2007 BM2 US Navy Olmsted-2800 #192242764
Olmsted, Jerome Edwin 15 May 1943 30 Nov 1967 – CAS 1st Lt US Army WT #54839160
Olmsted, Joan 2 Jun 1921 15 Aug 1994 Lt. Col. US Army Olmsted-3590 #107328321
Olmsted, Joseph Rex 10 Sep 1944 25 Feb 2015 ASH2 US Navy WT #
Olmsted, Kenneth Edwin 17 Sep 1943 21 May 2020 Lt. US Navy Olmsted-4088 #226614366
Olmsted, Lewis Lester 13 Apr 1938 4 Dec 2009 USAF Olmsted-3938 #464731213
Olmsted, Merle C. 28 Mar 1923 9 Jan 2008 M/Sgt USAF 357th Fighter Group Olmsted-896 #105000252
Olmsted, Paul Herbert 1 Nov 1945 23 Aug 2013 M/Sgt US Air Force WT #116480895
Olmsted, Roger G 15 Oct 1944 9 Aug 1990 M/Sgt US Air Force WT #3039307
Olmsted, Ronald Jack 31 Aug 1943 5 Apr 2006 Sgt US Marine Corps WT #49737562
Olmsted, Stanley Hershel 21 Dec 1921 17 Jan 2004 CWO4 US Navy WT #
Olmsted, Thomas Gene 20 Sep 1949 28 Aug 2020 US Army National Guard Olmsted-4395 #214980655
Olmsted, Thomas H. 18 Oct 1942 18 Dec 2016 SFC US Army Olmsted-3561 #174883408
Olmsted, Victor Hugo 27 Dec 1910 9 Oct 1957 CWO 4, USAF Olmsted-1067 #131620299
Olmsted, William Dean 12 Oct 1947 10 Sep 2019 US Navy Olmsted-2801 #202953982
Omstead, Ian Stanley 24 Feb 1955 18 Dec 1999 SPC 5 US Army WT #43752778
Omstead, William H. 28 Dec 1934 7 Oct 1995 US Army WT #1049629
Rebolledo, Richard Gordon 2 jun 1946 1 aug 2013 Sgt. USAF WT #115158804
Rhodes, Francis Marshall 20 Feb 1925 18 Jan 1992 SMSgt USAF WT #30637758
Rivers, Jere Watson 25 Dec 1941 Captain, US Navy Rivers-2001 #
Robinson, William Arthur 26 Jul 1931 9 Feb 1988 US Navy WT #33680266
Schott, Homer Edward 1 Jul 1927 26 Dec 2010 Col., US Army Schott-932 #67259967
Thompson, Wayne C. 4 Mar 1945 1 May 2014 US Marine Corps. Thompson-49161 #109824669
Thorne, Frank Ernest 22 Sep 1947 3 Apr 2012 LCpl, US Marine Corps Thorne-3166 #88136186
Truax, Allan Bradley 13 Sep 1946 29 Nov 1988 US Navy Truax-728 #
Welch, LeRoy, III 1952 2003 US Air Force Welch-8603
Ziehr, Lonnie Lee 13 Jun 1954 7 Aug 1992 US Air Force #59529380

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