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Personal info

Full name
OLSEN, Edward Martin
Date of birth
12 June 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32239495
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 9 5

Immediate family

Members
Otto M. Olsen (father)
Sofie K. (Nilsen ) Olsen (mother)
Mable Olsen (sister)
Olaf K. Olsen (brother)
Alice (Ramsland) Olsen (wife)

More information

Sgt Edward M. Olsen graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School and was employed by the Neptune Shipping, Inc.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 20 February 1942 and was sent overseas in June 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - 22 March 1945, www.bklyn.newspaper.com - Brooklyn Daily Eagle - 2 February 1946

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle