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Personal info

Full name
OLSON, Robert Peter
Date of birth
24 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16127450
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Grosskampenberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 2 49

Immediate family

Members
Adolph Olson (father)
Esther J. (Ptok) Olson (mother)
Theresa Olson (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Robert P. Olson enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 29 September 1942.
His initial burial took place on Foy Cemetery, Bastogne, Belgium.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet