State Heroes

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. 

1945

Private Stanley O. Olson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 301st Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: March 06, 1945 / Age: 18

Killed in action in Germany

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. 

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.

1952

Seaman Apprentice Thomas J. Olson

Korean War

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: March 22, 1952 / Age: 19

Died in service in Norfolk, Virgina

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

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

Frederick Olson

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

Pvt.1st Class Andrew Olson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: July 18, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on July 18, 1918.

Buried, Grave 22, Row 45, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

1918

Pvt.1st Class Egil Amandus Olson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

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

Killed in action on July 22, 1918.

Buried, Grave 28, Row 13, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

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

1918

Albert Nansen Olson

Dazey, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C, 42nd Field Artillery

Date of Loss: October 10, 1918 / Age: 22

Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 10, 1918.

Buried at Dazey, N. Dak.

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

1918

Sivert Olson

Cooperstown, ND

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A, 110th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 27, 1918 / Age: 32

Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.

Buried in Grave 11, Row 10, Block B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

1918

Albert Olson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 128th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 24

Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.

Buried in Grave 28, Row 22, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

1918

Knute Olson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: March 01, 1918 / Age: 33

Killed in action on March 1, 1918.

Buried in Grave 23, Row 14, Block B, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.