Name:
Army Staff Sgt. Todd D. Olson
Age:
36
From:
Loyal, Wis.
Assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry Regiment, Wisconsin Army National Guard, Neillsville, Wis.
Incident:
Army Staff Sgt. Todd D. Olson died Dec. 27 in the 67th Combat Support Hospital in Tikrit, Iraq, of wounds sustained on Dec. 26 when an improvised explosive device detonated in Samarra, Iraq.
Died:
December
27, 2004
Wisconsin soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
LOYAL, Wis. — A Wisconsin National Guardsman who had four children, served on a school board and coached youth football was killed in Iraq, friends said Monday.
Staff Sgt. Todd Olson, 36, of Loyal, died of injuries he suffered in Samarra, said his best friend, Dan Gluch.
His vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb Sunday, Loyal Mayor Arthur Olsen said.
Department of Defense and Wisconsin National Guard officials released no official information Monday and didn’t return messages left by The Associated Press.
Olson’s family was told he was injured, but around noon on Dec.26, they learned he had died, the mayor said. The Clark County community of about 1,300 people...
Occupation
the 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry Regiment, Wisconsin Army National Guard, Neillsville, Wis.
Incident
Army Staff Sgt. Todd D. Olson died Dec. 27 in the 67th Combat Support Hospital in Tikrit, Iraq, of wounds sustained on Dec. 26 when an improvised explosive device detonated in Samarra, Iraq.