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Personal info

Full name
OLMSTEAD, Bernard Hugh
Date of birth
22 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Tiadaghton, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Tioga County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33615403
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 13 17

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Olmstead (father)
Nettie A. (Putman) Olmstead (mother)
Charles E. Olmstead (brother)
Burdette P. Olmstead (brother)
Lillian L. Olmstead (sister)
Richard G. Olmstead (brother)
Harold Olstead (halfbrother)

More information

Pvt Bernard H. Olmstead worked briefly on the farm of his brother-in-law before enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 29 January 1944. He had his infantry training at Camp Wooster, Texas and transferred to Fort Benning, Georgia, where he received he trained to become a paratrooper. After going to Fort George Meade, he was sent overseas on 12 October 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment record, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Holstein Corning Robbins Selby Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - Wellsboro Gazette

Photo source: -, www.newspapers.com - Wellsboro Gazette