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Personal info

Full name
OLIVER, George W
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
West Virginia
Hometown
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O-1293819
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
5 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 1 7

Immediate family

Members
Clarence H. Oliver (father)
Myrtle Oliver (mother)
Stanley Oliver (brother)
Virginia Oliver (sister)
Donald E. Oliver (brother)
Bertha Oliver (sister)
Ruth (Klein) Oliver (wife)
Judy Oliver (daughter)

More information

1st Lt. George W. Oliver graduated from Central High School and was a clerk with the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company.

He joined the National Guard at Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio on 10 January 1942. He was commissioned at Fort Benning, Georgia on 17 September 1942, after which he was stationed in Alaska for eight months. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

On 12 September 1944, Lt Oliver was reported wounded in action a first time when he suffered wounds to the legs, stomach and back. After recovering, he returned to his unit.

At the time of his death the 10th Infantry Regiment was engaged in the fighting in the vicinity of Gondorf, Germany. The exact date when he was reported wounded in action and the exact location where he died is not known.

Source of information: Leo Minne, James L. Cooper, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com -   1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Columbus Dispatch 19 March 1945