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Personal info

Full name
OLSEN, Iver O
Date of birth
2 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Audubon County, Iowa
Hometown
Hill, Pulaski County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
6933625
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
24th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
4th Cavalry Group
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Liège, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 15 57

Immediate family

Members
George H. Olsen (father)
Bodil M. Olsen (mother)
Evelyn M. Olsen (sister)
Buelah M. Olsen (sister)
Grance M. Olsen (sister)
Robert O. Olsen (brother)

More information

T/4 Iver O. Olsen was a motorman before he joined the Regular Army on 15 August 1939.

His father was born in Norway, his mother in Denmark.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery in Fosse, Belgium.

He is remembered on the 4th Cavalry WWII Memorial at Fort Meade, Meade County, South Dakota.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Iowa U.S. WWII Bonus Case Files, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 4th Cavalry Group

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Erika