Kenneth Francis Olenzuk

Lance Corporal
D CO, 3RD RECON BN, 3RD MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
04 October 1947 - 25 December 1967
Detroit, Michigan
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3RD MARDIV

3RD RECON BN

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Kenneth Francis Olenzuk

22 Dec 2001

Ken and Paul Olenzuk are brothers, natives of Detroit.




Lance Corporal Ken Olenzuk
died on 25 December 1967
of wounds received earlier.




Private First Class Paul Olenzuk
 was killed in action on 10 August 1968.

"Not for fame or reward,
not for place or for rank,
but in simple obedience to duty,
as they understood it."
Confederate Memorial
Arlington National Cemetery

A memorial from a friend.
E-mail address is not available.

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 19 Dec 1967 two men from Delta Company, 3rd Recon Battalion, were wounded in a "friendly fire" incident in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam. One died that day, the other on Christmas Day:
  • Cpl Rodney L. Huddleson, Milford, OH (12/19/1967)
  • LCpl Kenneth F. Olenzuk, Detroit, MI (12/25/1967)
Eight months later, PFC Paul Olenzuk was killed in action in Thua Thien Province.




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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
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