Lake County IL Archives Obituaries.....Olsen, Earl Kenneth November 30, 1942
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Waukegan News Sun - December 1, 1942
ONE OF FIVE OLSEN BOYS SERVING NAVY IS KILLED IN ACTION

Lieut. Comm. Earl Kenneth Olsen, 39 years old, has been killed in action in the
southwest Pacific and buried at sea, his mother, Mrs. Anna Olsen, 70, of 238
Ridgeland avenue, Waukegan, learned yesterday.  Mrs. Olsen has four other sons
in the Navy.

They are Commander Clarence E., on duty in Washington, D.C., and Commander
Charles E., Lieut. Comm. Robert, and Lieut. Albert R., on duty in the Pacific. 
Her daughter, Anna, is the wife of Lieut. Comm. Henry G. Munson, who also has
been on duty in the Pacific.  Her husband, Lieut. Hjalmer E. Olsen, U.S.N.
retired, died last Aug. 15.

"My boy died a hero," Mrs. Olsen said.  "All my boys have been heros....just
like Hjalmer."

In his last letter to his mother, Earl had said "we are having our share of the
entertainment and we feel the more the merrier and the sooner it will be over."

Additional Comments:
Buried at sea but a memorial marker can be found in the Olsen Family Plot in
Pineview Memorial Cemetery, Beach Park, Lake County, Illinois 

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