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Personal info

Full name
OLDS, George Albert
Date of birth
15 March 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Boston, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31233272
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
420th Armored Field Artillery Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 71

Immediate family

Members
James B. Olds (father)
Isabella (Bright) Olds (mother)
John B. Olds (brother)
Charles B. Olds (brother)
Sara Olds (sister)
Isabella Olds (sister)
Nancy P. (Noyes) Olds (wife)

More information

Sgt George A. Olds attended college for two years and was employed at the Submarine Signal Company before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 16 November 1942.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Ms. Nancy P. Olds Coady, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Boston Globe 10 April 1945