Gerald R. Olson

Aviation Machinist's Mate Third Class Gerald Royce Olson grave marker photo

World War II
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Fallen

County:
Benson

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Navy

Rank:
Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
US Navy Patrol Bombing Squadron Two

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
Combat Air Crew 50
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
Asiatic Pacific Theater

Circumstances:

Died in service in Corpus Christi, Texas

Biography:

Gerald Royce Olson was born in Oberon, Benson County, North Dakota on June 3, 1924, to Olaf Adolph (Asbjorne) and Cynthia A Wing Olson.  He entered the United States Navy in Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota on December 11, 1942, and served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater. Aviation Machinist's Mate Third Class Olson died in service on June 15, 1945, in a plane crash in Corpus Christi Bay, Nueces County, Texas. He is buried in Block 4, Range F, Grave 2, Section N 1/2 of Lot 33, Hillside Cemetery, Oberon, Benson County, North Dakota.

Sources: Ancestry/Find a Grave