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Byron Monroe Olafson

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Birth	:	10 Mar 1926 Litchville, Barnes County, North Dakota, USA
Death	:	26 May 1949 Pierce County, Washington, USA
Burial	:	Highland Home Cemetery, Jamestown, Stutsman County, USA
Coordinate	:	46.9331017, -98.7341995
Plot	:	CF-4-2
Description	:	ND PVT 1060 AAF BASE UNIT WORLD WAR ll Byron Olafson Funeral services for Byron M. Olafson, World War II Veteran, were held this afternoon at the Eddy Funeral Chapel at 2 p.m. Rev. N. E. McCoy was in charge of the services. Mrs. McCoy, Mrs. George Oxentenko and Miss Grace Johnson sang “Be Thou Near” and “Face to Face.” Mrs. Oxentenko and Miss Johnson sang “Jesus Whispers Peace.” Burial was made in Highland Home Cemetery. Pallbearers were Warren Gallagher, Doran Eaton, Ronald Stoltz, Ray Savage, James T. Lusk and Carl Beyer. Byron was born in Litchville, North... Read More	ND PVT 1060 AAF BASE UNIT WORLD WAR ll Byron Olafson Funeral services for Byron M. Olafson, World War II Veteran, were held this afternoon at the Eddy Funeral Chapel at 2 p.m. Rev. N. E. McCoy was in charge of the services. Mrs. McCoy, Mrs. George Oxentenko and Miss Grace Johnson sang “Be Thou Near” and “Face to Face.” Mrs. Oxentenko and Miss Johnson sang “Jesus Whispers Peace.” Burial was made in Highland Home Cemetery. Pallbearers were Warren Gallagher, Doran Eaton, Ronald Stoltz, Ray Savage, James T. Lusk and Carl Beyer. Byron was born in Litchville, North Dakota, March 10, 1926. He attended school in Jamestown and high school at Port Orchard, Wash. He enlisted July 12, 1944, at Ft. Lewis, Wash. He served in the 1060 Army Air Force, B4 Component A. US. He had the American theater service medal, good conduct medal, Victory medal and served in truck detachment of ground crew. He was discharged July 6, 1946, as a private first class. Surviving are his father, Arnold Olafson, Seattle, Wash.; two brothers, Duane and Emerald, and a sister, Mrs. Duke Claire, Jamestown, and a sister, Mrs. W. F. Gotchy, Tacoma, Wash. His mother died in February, 1949. Mrs. Gotchy Accompanied the body here. Mr. Olafson died in Tacoma at the home of Mrs. Gotchy Thursday, May 26. He had been ill for some time. He worked at White’s for several months after his discharge before he went west. Published in the Jamestown Sun, Jamestown, North Dakota, June 1, 1949. Contributor: Dennis C. Olson (48363213) • [email protected]

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Byron Monroe Olafson's memorial is located at: Highland Home Cemetery, Jamestown, Stutsman County, USA.
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Byron Monroe Olafson death on 26 May 1949 in Pierce County, Washington, USA
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Latitude: 46.9331017
Longitude: -98.7341995

Family Members:

Parent

Arnold Ossian Olafson

(1882 - 1970)

Irene Marie Linn Olafson

(1884 - 1949)

Siblings

Emerald Alvy Olafson

(1910 - 1970)

Duane Burgess Olafson

(1920 - 2012)

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