State Heroes

1918

Fred Harold Olson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Machine Gun Training Center, Cemp Hancock, Ga.

Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 24

Died of influenza on Oct. 4, 1918, at Camp Hancock, Ga.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

1918

Henry Leonard Olson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B, 313th Engineers

Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia at Herricourt, France, on Oct. 8, 1918.

Buried, Grave 28, Row 3, Block F, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

1968

Private First Class Richard James Olson

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 4th Marine Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division

Date of Loss: April 26, 1968 / Age: 18

Killed in action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire. 

1918

Seward Olson

Vang, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 78th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 15, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.

Buried at Vang, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

1918

Hans J. Olson

Bowman, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 313th Ammunition Train

Date of Loss: July 22, 1918 / Age: 26

Died of influenza at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on July 22, 1918.

Buried, Bowman, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

1968

Private First Class Larry Rex Olson

McHenry, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 27th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 19, 1968 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Binh Duong, South Vietnam from hostile small arms fire. 

1968

Commander Delbert Austin Olson

Casselton, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Navy

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Observation Squadron 67

Date of Loss: January 11, 1968 / Age: 42

In LZ, LAOS
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND

Body was recovered.12/11/2002

1918

Carl Olson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company Q, 4th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: April 08, 1918 / Age: 24

Died on April 8, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 3, page 2406 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

1919

BGLR Benjamin Olson

Valley City, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: May 18, 1919 / Age: 19

Died at Hoboken, N. J., on May 18, 1919.

Buried at Valley City, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

1918

Oliver Mitchel Omlie

Grafton, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 42nd Company, 11th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 06, 1918 / Age: 25

Died at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 6, 1918, of pneumonia.

Burial, Grafton, N. Dak.