83rd Infantry Division Documents

Hero

First Lieutenant Bertram E Olson

Name	Bertram E Olson
Rank	First Lieutenant
Army Serial #	O-1322584
State	North Dakota
Date of death	1945-01-05
Plot, Row, Grave	B, 17, 8
Cemetery	Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands, Google Maps
Role	MOS 1542 Infantry Unit Commander, Platoon Leader
Unit	A Company, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Remarks	First Lieutenant Olson joined the 330th as a member of H Company. The morning report for July 17, 1944 on page 23 lists him joining H Company from the 41st Replacement Battalion and he was assigned to the Mortar Section as a 2LT. The morning report for December 10, 1944 on page 10 lists him a 1LT and lightly injured in action on December 5, 1944 but he remained on duty. Page 20, for December 20, 1944, shows him assigned to A Company 330th. The morning report for A Company confirms this. The A Company morning report for December 29, 1944 on page 42 lists him as severly wounded and transferred to a Field Hospital on December 25, 1944. The pages can be seen below.
Documents	- Morning report July 17, 1944, H Company 330th IR, page 23 - Morning report December 10, 1944, H Company 330th IR, page 10 - Morning report December 20, 1944, H Company 330th IR, page 20 - Morning report December 20, 1944, A Company 330th IR, page 29 - Morning report December 29, 1944, A Company 330th IR, page 42

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