Raymond Ferdinand Olson

Background

Olson, Raymond Ferdinand was born on October 26, 1891 in Oregon City, Oregon, United States. Son of Otto Ferdinand and Anna B. (Peterson) Olson.

Education

Student Oregon Institute Technology, Portland, 1909-1910. 1st Corps School, United States Army, Gondrecourt, France, 1918. Command and General staff schedul United States Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1930.

Army Finance School, Duke, 1943-1944.

Career

Private, First lieutenant Oregon National Guard, May-July 1917. Federal service with 116th engineers, 41st division. 1st engineers, 1st division.

Director general transportation American Expeditionary Force, France, November 1917-September 1919.

First lieutenant, 116th engineers, Oregon National Guard, November 1921-June 1923. Captain 186th infantry, Oregon National Guard, June 1923-March 1927, major 82d infantry brig., March 1927-July 1931, lieutenant colonel 41st infantry division, July 1931-November 1939, lieutenant colonel University of the South Pacific and Doctorate.O., November 1939-September 1940, lieutenant colonel, finance officer, 41st infantry division, September 1940.

Service in Southwest Pacific, March 1942-February 1943. Fiscal director Fort Bragg, North Carolina, February-June 1944.

Brigadier general, acting adjutant general of Oregon, 1944-1947, now assistant adjutant general.

Achievements

• Raymond Ferdinand Olson has been listed as a noteworthy army officer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Adjunct General Association, National Guard Association of the United States (life), American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Mason (Shriner).; Clubs: Army and Navy, Multnomah Athletic (life.

Connections

Married Doris Marjorie Taylor, March 25, 1933. Children: Thomas Raymond, Marjorie Lee.

Father:

Otto Ferdinand Olson

Mother:

Anna B. (Peterson) Olson

Spouse:

Doris Marjorie Taylor

child:

Marjorie Lee Olson

child:

Thomas Raymond Olson