WWII Killed in Action List "O"
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GM1c Olin O'Hara was killed in action after an ammunition dump he was guarding was blown up by enemy action at Saipan on 30 July 1944. O'Hara was serving with the 301st Naval Construction Battalion. His remains were not recovered. O'Hara is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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LT Carl Olson, CEC, USN, was killed in action at Salerno on 10 September 1943, while serving with Construction Battalion Detachment 1006. Olsen was buried at and reinterred at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Lt. Carl Milford Olson, the first American officer in World War II killed during a land invasion of continental Europe, was instrumental in the success of the Italian invasion, and the liberation of the Port of Naples by Allied forces. Lt. Carl Milford Olson was born in St. Paul, Minn., on 7 February 1899. During World War I, Lt. Olson enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served as a radio operator. He attended the University of Minnesota from 1920 to 1924, and graduated with a B.S. in Civil Engineering. After working in Chicago as a draftsman, he and his family moved back home to St. Paul where he operated his own architectural firm from 1933 to 1941. Due to wartime priorities, he moved to Decatur, Ill., in 1941 to work for a large engineering company writing specifications and contracts for ordnance plants. |
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MM2c Henry Olson was killed in action as a result of an exploding land mine at Iwo Jima. He died on 13 April 1945 and served with the 106th Naval Construction Battalion. Olson was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima and reinterred at Lakeside Cemetery, Hancock, Michigan. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Navy Unit Commendation for the Battle of Iwo Jima, and was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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S2c Robert Olson was killed in action at Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945 while serving with the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion. He was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima, and reinterred at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Navy Unit Commendation for the Battle of Iwo Jima, and was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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S1c Casper O'Neal was killed in action from wounds received during enemy action at Peleliu on 17 September 1944. He served with the 73rd Naval Construction Battalion. O'Neal was buried at USAF Cemetery #1, Peleliu and reinterred at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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S2c Edwin Ostman was killed in action while on temporary duty with the 87th Naval Construction Battalion at Mono Island. He was declared missing in action on 28 October 1943. His helmet, rifle and bandoleer were found on the body of enemy the next day. He was 21 years old. Presumptive declaration of death is 29 October 1944. Remains not recovered. Ostman is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
