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Personal info

Full name
OLSON, Eric Theodore
Date of birth
4 September 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Congers, Rockland County, New York
Hometown
Congers, Rockland County, New York

Military service

Service number
32099318
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
991st Field Artillery Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 September 1944
Place of death
Namur, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 32 22

Immediate family

Members
Gustave T. Olson (father)
Lydia (Sandvik) Olson (mother)
Rachael Olson (sister)
Karin R. Olson (sister)
Andrew Olson (brother)
Gustave Olson (brother)
Ester Olson (sister)
Walter J. Olson (brother)
Katherine (Schaefer) Olson (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Eric T. Olson attended high school for four years and was a driver at the Great Island Holding Corporation before he enlisted at Fort Jay, New York on 26 July 1941.

He was killed by small arms fire to his stomach.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Bell Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Coleman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy