Kenneth Byron Olson

"Byron"

Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 553751

Born

November 26, 1926
in Benson, MN

Parents

Peter Burthus Olson
Ida Helena (Simon) Olson

School

Details unknown

Pre-War Employment

Details unknown

Entered Service

December 29, 1943
at Minneapolis, MN

Joined First Battalion

September 20, 1944
from 3rd Provisional Marine Detachment

Left First Battalion

February 20, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima

Left Service

February 20, 1945
Killed in action

Home Address and Next of Kin

214 16th Street North, Benson, MN – home of parents, Peter & Ida Olson

Service & Campaigns

Before joining battalion

Boot camp at MCRD San Diego with Fifth Recruit Battalion. joined Replacement Battalion, Transient Center, V Amphibious Corps in spring of 1944; duty with Third Provisional Marine Detachment at Camp Maui through September 1944.

Joined Able Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines on 20 September 1944.

Iwo Jima

Outfit: A/1/24
Rank: PFC
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Important Events:
February 20, 1945 – killed in action (shrapnel, head); exact circumstances not known.

Campaign Narrative

Individual Decorations

Medal
Purple Heart

Campaign
Iwo Jima (Feb. 20, 1945)

Citation

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