Private First Class Edward C. Olsen

World War II US Army 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division Service Number: 38083374 Born: November 9, 1918, Colorado Inducted: January 14, 1942 Killed in action December 19, 1944, near Limon, Leyte, Philippines. Buried: Maple Park Cemetery, Aurora, Missouri

Son of Chris L and Lola Olsen, Rt. 1, Arriba, Colorado. Later of Aurora, Missouri.

Notes:

1. Chris L and Lola M Olsen are listed in the 1930 Lawrence County, Missouri Census. Chris was born in Denmark about 1878 and Lola in Illinois about 1884. Chris came to the US in 1883 and married Lola about 1900. Based on the birthplaces and ages of their children shown in the 1930 census, they lived in Iowa until after 1910, came to Colorado where Edward and an older sister were born, and moved to Missouri about 1920.

2. Based on military next of kin records, Chris and Lola Olsen were back in Colorado before 1946 and moved back to Missouri about 1947.

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