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Olson Jerome L.

Name:
Jerome L. Olson
Rank:
First Lieutenant
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Unit:
Date of Death:
1945-03-17
State:
Cemetery:
Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Kansas
Plot:
Section 2
Row:
Grave:
259
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Jerome L. Olson was born on June 16, 1919 in Illinois. He served in the US Air Corps as a First Lieutenant and Co-Pilot of an aircraft during World War II. 1Lt Olson died on March 17, 1945 at the age of 25 and is now buried in the Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA. He was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.