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Personal info

Full name
OLSON, Rayder Clair
Date of birth
9 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hometown
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36047822
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
271st Infantry Regiment,
69th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 April 1945
Place of death
Near Altengroitzsch, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 2 1

Immediate family

Members
Richard C. Olson (father)
Minda (Larson) Olson (mother)
Yvonne Olson (sister)
Veloras Olson (sister)
Clebourne Olson (brother)
Joanne Olson (sister)
Dorothy M. (Hawkins) Olson (wife)

More information

Cpl Rayder C. Olson enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 28 August 1941.

He was married to Dorothy Hawkins on 12 May 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / Headstone and Interment Record / Birth Index, http://files.usgwarchives.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Joanne Olson Birtcher Family