August Michael Olsen Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 60252 - T/Sgt August M. Olsen Jr
Assigned to 839BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Angers, France 7-Jun-44 in B-24 42-52624 'Box Car'. Shot down. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Boxcar
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Brittany Cemetary
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Oak Glen, Illinois | 5 February 1919 | Born Oak Glen, Illinois |
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Enlisted |
Fort Benjamin, Indiana | 14 January 1941 | Enlisted Fort Benjamin, Harrison, Indiana |
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Died Killed in action |
Rennes, France | 7 June 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA) Rennes, France |
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Buried |
Brittany American Cemetery, Saint James, France K 17 12 | 1 January 1946 | Interred Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France |
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Sources
ABMC, MACR 5483 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/SchwabCrew.shtml
