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Personal info

Full name
OLSEN, Richard Orville
Date of birth
1 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Redondo Beach, Los Angeles County, California
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39585754
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 9 19

Immediate family

Members
Oliver Olsen (father)
Myrtle E. (McKibben) Olsen (mother)
Ben Brown (stepfather)
Robert L. Brown (half-brother)
Ronald L. Brown (half-brother)
Raymond E. Leger (half-brother)
Eugene H. Leger (half-brother)
Violet A. Leger (half-sister)
Margarit A. (Tilden) Olsen (wife)
Richard N. Olsen (son)
Diane L. Olsen (daughter)

More information

Pvt Richard O. Olsen worked as a car mechanic.

He enlisted at MacArthur, California on 13 May 1944.

He was reported missing in action on 4 December 1944 was declared killed in action on 10 January 1945.

Source of information: Doreen Barbee (granddaughter) www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Family Tree, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Leger Family Tree