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1st Lt Bertram E. Olson met Mary Ellen Maxie at the Dodge School where both worked; he as a superintendant and she as a teacher. They were married 1 June 1942, in Wibaux, Montana and had one daughter - Mrs Diana Olson Dean - born two days after her father's death.

He enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 13 July 1942, received his basic training in Colorado, followed by OCS in Georgia and more training in Texas.

On the photo Lt Olson is pictured as a sergeant with the 89th Division. On 17 July 1944 - as a 2nd Lt - he joined H Company of the 330 Infantry Regiment from the 41st Replacement Battalion and he was assigned to the Mortar Section. The 330th IR was then fighting near Remilly in Normandy.

The 'morning report' of 330th IR for 10 December 1944 lists him as a 1st Lt and lightly injured in action on 5 December 1944 but he remained on duty. On or shortly before 20 December 1944, he was assigned to A Company.

On 25 December 1944 he was Seriously Wounded in Action when A Company of the 330th IR was fighting in on the north side of Winden near the Roer River (east of Aachen in Germany). On 25 December 1944 he was evacuated to 13th Field Hospital, located south of Stolberg at that moment, where he died of his wounds on 5 January 1945.

Lt Olson is mentioned on the memorial of the Dunn County Museum, North Dakota.