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Personal info

Full name
OLSON, James E
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hometown
St. Louis County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37325792
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
19th Armored Infantry Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 January 1945
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 37 25

Immediate family

Members
Edwin S. Olson (father)
Abbie (Perry) Olson (mother)

More information

Pfc James E. Olson enlisted in November 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://14thad.org, www.newspapers.com – Star Tribune Minnesota 25 May 1945

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