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.
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.
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
Sgt. Curtis H. Olson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 03, 1944 / Age: 26
Killed in action near Italy.
1991
Captain Jeffry Jon Olson
Grand Forks, ND
Desert Storm
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 340th Bomber Squadron
Date of Loss: February 03, 1991 / Age: 28
Died while on a bombing mission in support of Operation Desert Storm.
1945
1st Lt. Bertram E. Olson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 05, 1945 / Age: 29
1944
Technical Sergeant Clarence L. Olson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 18, 1944 / Age: 28
Killed in action in Holland
1944
Sgt. Arthur L. Olson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 15, 1944 / Age:
Killed in action near France.
1918
Olaf Edward Olson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 322nd Infantry
Date of Loss: November 10, 1918 / Age: 24
Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on May 3, 1922, and buried in Grave 4427, European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
1944
Private First Class Conrad E. Olson
World War II
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: August 30, 1944 / Age: 23
Died in service in Mariana Islands