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Personal info

Full name
OLSON, Arthur George
Date of birth
28 December 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
O1013629
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
4th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
29 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arracourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 26 49

Immediate family

Members
Arthur J. Olson (father)
Alice (Werman) Olson (mother)
Robert W. Olson (brother)

More information

1st Lt Arthur G. Olson joined the Regular Army in Newark, New Jersey on 12 May 1941.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989

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