At the side entry to the cemetery.

A brass inscribed plaque.

The plaque remembers the Norwegian-American OSS Soldier, Technical Sergeant Eddie Emil O. Sondena.  T/SGT Sondena participated in OSS Operations in France (OSS Group Pat) and was part of Operation Rype, the blocking of German forces in Norway in 1945, when he was killed in a plane crash in Scotland while on the way to parachute at the target.

His isolated grave is located in this cemetery. He is also remembered at Site Kirkwall - Orkney on the Operation Rype, B-24 Liberator (42-50331) Crash Site Memorial and on the Percy Pink Operation Memorial in France.

The inscription on the plaque is in Norwegian:

Eddie Emil O. Sondena

fedt 03.01.1911 - dod 31.03.1945
Eddie vaks opp pä garden Veka i Saudasjoen. Han var son a Jorunn og Ola T. Sondená. Eddie var snekker av utdanning
1 1927 flytta han til Montana i USA.
Under andre verdskrig blei Eddie O.S.S.-agent (seinare kalla C.I.A.) og korporal. Han deltok i fleire aksjonar ved Normandie i Frankrike i 1944.
I mars 1945 deltok han ved Operasjon RYPE. Oppdraget var à sabotera Nordlandsbanen og derved hindra tysk tilbaketrekking av soldatar.
Eddie omkom i flystyrt nar Kirkwall, Orkenoyane.
Utmerknadar:
American Campaign Medal, European Medal, Purple Heart.
Til minne. Takk!

The English translation:

Eddie Emil O. Sondena

born 03.01.1911 - died 31.03.1945
Eddie grew up on the farm Veka in Saudasjoen. He was the son of Jorunn and Ola T. Sondená. Eddie was a carpenter by training
1 In 1927 he moved to Montana in the USA.
During World War II, Eddie became an O.S.S. agent (later called C.I.A.) and a corporal. He participated in several actions at Normandy in France in 1944.
In March 1945 he participated in Operation RYPE. The mission was to sabotage the Nordlandsbanen and thereby prevent the German withdrawal of soldiers.
Eddie died in a plane crash near Kirkwall, Orkney Islands.
Awards:
American Campaign Medal, European Medal, Purple Heart.
In memory. Thank you!