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Personal info

Full name
BOLLUM, Donald Olaf
Date of birth
5 July 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Goodhue, Goodhue County, Minnesota
Hometown
Farwell, Pope County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37164948
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 October 1944
Place of death
Near Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 36 10

Immediate family

Members
Olaf E. Bollum (father)
Ella (Belgum) Bollum (mother)
Bernard H. Bollum (brother)
Rolf L. Bollum (brother)
George C. Bollum (brother)
Helen J. Bollum (sister)
Jeanette L. (Kjera) Bollum (wife)

More information

T/5 Donald O. Bollum was employed on a farm before he enlisted on 2 March 1942. He was sent overseas on May 1944.

He is remembered at the Farwell Cemetery in Farwell, Pope County, Minnesota.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Jeanette Bollum, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Thomas Erbes / MAJ Jimmy Cotton
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Thomas Erbes