Biographical History

Evan Dee Olsen (1922-1967) was active in U.S. Army Air Forces 1942-1945 and a Prisoner of War (POW) in Germany.

Evan Dee Olsen was born February 1, 1922 in Ephraim Utah to James Andrew Olsen and Katie Christensen. He reported to the US Army Air Forces on August 3rd, 1943 and captured as a POW November 21, 1944 in Frankfurt, Germany. Beginning February 6th he was forced to walk the 600 mile "Death March" before being liberated on May 2nd, 1945 in Buchen, Germany. Later in life he was a salesman and draftsman. He married Maxine Edith Coates in Mount Pleasant, Utah on July 27, 1945 and was the father of eight children. He died in a plane crash on May 15, 1967 in Rupert, Idaho.

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FamilySearch, via WWW, accessed 14 June 2019 (Evan Dee Olsen; born in Ephraim, Utah, on 1 February 1922 to James Andrew Olsen and Katie Christensen Olsen; served in World War II; shot down in Germany and taken prisoner; died on May 15, 1967)

UPB_MSS 6124, accessed September 2019; (reported to US Army Air Forces August 3rd 1943;captured as POW November 21st 1944 in Frankfurt Germany; March 6th began Death March; liberated May 2nd 1945 in Buchen, Germany; married Maxine Edith Coates in Mount Pleasant, Utah, on 27 July 1945; salesman and draftsman; lived final years in Reno, Nevada; died in airplane crash in Rupert, Idaho)

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