Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
OLSON, Alfred Edward
Date of birth
2 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Hometown
Mill Creek, Wabaunsee County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37753747
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 March 1945
Place of death
Near Cologne, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 3 18

Immediate family

Members
Alfred W. Olson (father)
Opal E. (Nicely) Olson (mother)

More information

Pvt Alfred E. Olson graduated from Alma High School in 1937.

He enlisted in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 12 October 1944.

He operated a farm as well as worked as a brakeman for a railroad company.

He was deployed for only three weeks when he was killed.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Robert Olson