State Heroes
1943
Yoeman 3rd Class John R. Olm
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: July 10, 1943 / Age: 21
Died in service in Leatherback, Philippine Islands
1918
Vivian James Olmstead
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A, 42nd Field Artillery
Date of Loss: October 17, 1918 / Age: 23
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 17, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2395 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1918
Charles Leo Olmstead
World War I
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill.
Date of Loss: April 27, 1918 / Age: 26
Died in Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., on April 27, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1943
1st Lieutenant James T. Olmstead
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 329th Fighter Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 328th Fighter Group
Date of Loss: May 22, 1943 / Age: 23
Lt. Olmstead was leading a group of fighter aircraft during a training flight from Oakland Municipal Airport to Oroville, California, via Sacramento for a fuel stop. After departing Sacramento, he began demonstrating shallow barrel rolls.
1941
Fireman 1st Class Clifford N. Olos
World War II
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS West Virginia
Date of Loss: December 07, 1941 / Age: 20
Was aboard the USS West Virgina which was bombed at Pearl Harbor. Apparently he and two other ship mates lived for 16 days in the fresh water pumping station known as A-111.
1918
William Emanuel Olsen
Minneapolis, MNWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company, 54th Pioneer Infantry
Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 30
Died in France, on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in Argonne-American Cemetery.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1944
Staff Sergeant Norbert L. Olsen
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 7th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 01, 1944 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Cisterna, Italy
1918
Daniel K. Olsen
World War I
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
1943
Private Harry G. Olson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 01, 1943 / Age: 22
Died in service in Ft. Still, Oklahoma
1944
Staff Sergeant Harvey M. Olson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: November 25, 1944 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Germany
1951
Private Louis D. Olson
Korean War
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 30, 1951 / Age: 22
Died in service in Carroll, Iowa
1944
Corporal Milnor S. Olson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: October 30, 1944 / Age: 33
Died in service in Germany
1944
Captain Norman E. Olson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 357th Fighter Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 355th Fighter Group
Date of Loss: April 08, 1944 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Germany
1918
Pvt.1st Class Alfred A. Olson
Hatton, NDWorld War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 39th Infantry
Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action, on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried in Grave 34, Row 33, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
1944
1st Lieutenant Orin E. Olson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 448th Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 321st Bomber Group
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 12th Air Force
Date of Loss: July 26, 1944 / Age: 25
On July 26 they were bombing a bridge on the Adiage River near Verona, Italy, when their plane was hit in the left engine. Orin stayed at the controls of the plane as other crew members parachuted out.