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Personal info

Full name
OLLIGES, John Frederick Jr
Date of birth
18 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky
Hometown
Kenton County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35796373
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
27 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 18 15

Immediate family

Members
John F. Olliges (father)
Moening M. Olliges (mother)
Lawrence J. Olliges (brother)
Alberta (Schneider) Olliges (wife)

More information

Pfc John F. Olliges Jr. was employed at Kelley-Koett X-Ray Manufacturing Co.

He enlisted at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 30 March 1943.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.goc, www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlistment Records, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com - CWGC/ABMC, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census US / Family Trees / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Cincinatti Post - 5 August 1943