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Personal info

Full name
OMDAHL, Oliver Gordon
Date of birth
3 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Cottonwood, Jackson County, South Dakota
Hometown
Cottonwood, Jackson County, South Dakota

Military service

Service number
37588426
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Fonteny, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 25 101

Immediate family

Members
Mandus O. Omdahl (father)
Sylvia M. ( Scotvold) Omdahl (mother)
Mabel S. (Omdahl) Brunner (sister)
Grace A. Omdahl (sister)
Thomas C. Omdahl (brother)
Nellie L. Omdahl (sister)
Helen J. Omdahl (sister)
Florence C. Omdahl (sister)
Esther B. Omdahl (sister)
Lucille P. Omdahl (sister)
Vernon M. Omdahl (brother)

More information

Pvt Oliver G. Omdahl enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 29 February 1944.

He was stationed at Camp Blanding, Florida. He later wrote from Fort Meade, Maryland to his sister, Mabel, "Well I really know when I am going now. We are leaving at 2:30 from here. We don’t know where we are going but we do know we are going across. I sure do hate to leave here now."

Mabel received another letter, v-mail this time, from him on 5 November 1944. The letter stated that he was "Somewhere in France" and went on to say: "Received your letters yesterday and today and boy, was sure glad to hear from you. I just dropped a line home and let them know I am o.k. and then I told them I sent $35 home as I can’t use it here and so I gave it for a Christmas present."

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Mabel O. Brunner (sister) www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Woods Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record, http://vetaffairs.sd.gov - Mrs Hansen, AAR 51st AIB August 44 thru May 1945

Photo source: www.wwiimemorial.com - Mabel O. Brunner (sister)