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Personal info

Full name
OLSON, Leonard Raymond
Date of birth
22 December 1915
Age
30
Place of birth
Barron County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Big Horn County, Montana

Military service

Service number
39614725
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
23 April 1946
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
William Olson (father)
Sina (Hansen) Olson (mother)
Emma H. Olson (sister)
James F. Olson (brother)
Arthur W. Olson (brother)
Lawrence S. Olson (brother)
Robert Olson (brother)

More information

Pfc Leonard R. Olson worked on a farm before he enlisted in Butte, Montana on 7 December 1942.

He is remembered with a memorial at the Independent Cemetery in Arland, Barron County, Wisconsin.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Linda Eggen