The original color in the first three documents was green
with faint print that was essentially unreadable.

They have been converted to gray scale to improve readabliity.
In these pages evidence used to establish Sgt Olson's identity is presented.

You will see references to Exhibits that appear in other pages within this section.

Approval of Identification at the Field Level was made on 15 September 1948.

On 21 September 1948 a letter was sent from
the US Army Quartermaster General to
Commanding General, Eight Army, requesting that records be updated.

The last document on this page is dated 8 October 1948
and is a corrected Report of Interment.
The Emergency Addressee is James B Wolfe ( Uncle ), Box 105, Deer Park, Washington.

He is not the Legal Next of Kin.

This will cause a problem within the Quartermaster Corps that is
presented in the Coming Home and Next of Kin pages.

CASE HISTORY OF UNKNOWN
18 AUGUST 1948

BASIS FOR IDENTIFICATION
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CASE HISTORY OF UNKNOWN
18 AUGUST 1948

BASIS FOR IDENTIFICATION
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APPROVAL OF IDENTIFICATION
15 SEPTEMBER 1948

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IDENTIFICATION OF UNKNOWN DECEASED
LETTER FROM DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
TO
COMMANDING GENERAL EIGTH ARMY

21 SEPTEMBER 1948

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REPORT OF INTERMENT
CORRECTED COPY
8 OCTOBER 1948

DOW : DIED OF WOUNDS

NOTE: EMERGENCY ADDRESSEE IS
JAMES B WOLFE, UNCLE

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