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Pvt Ollie Henderson

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Pvt Ollie Henderson

Birth
Florida, USA
Death
18 Oct 1943 (aged 19)
Contra Costa County, California, USA
Burial
Hilliard, Nassau County, Florida, USA Add to Map
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He was the son of Lee Henderson and Fannie Mae Keene. He was employed in the timber business prior to the war. He enlisted at Camp Blanding on Feb 20, 1943. He served his nation for eight months. He was buried in his family plot with his parents.

No details about his death are available, but Contra Costa, California was a busy military area during WWII with a Naval Weapons Depot, Kaiser Ship Yard, ammunition load docks and a training airfield. It was the site of a devastating home-front war tragic and was declared unsafe in 1944 after the explosion of ammunition on the load docks on Port Chicago.

His name is listed on the Nassau County War Memorial at the end of Centre Street on Amelia Island, FL.
He was the son of Lee Henderson and Fannie Mae Keene. He was employed in the timber business prior to the war. He enlisted at Camp Blanding on Feb 20, 1943. He served his nation for eight months. He was buried in his family plot with his parents.

No details about his death are available, but Contra Costa, California was a busy military area during WWII with a Naval Weapons Depot, Kaiser Ship Yard, ammunition load docks and a training airfield. It was the site of a devastating home-front war tragic and was declared unsafe in 1944 after the explosion of ammunition on the load docks on Port Chicago.

His name is listed on the Nassau County War Memorial at the end of Centre Street on Amelia Island, FL.

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  • Maintained by: Linda Davis
  • Originally Created by: JFJN
  • Added: Jun 18, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53825998/ollie-henderson: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Ollie Henderson (17 Feb 1924–18 Oct 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 53825998, citing Buford Grove Cemetery, Hilliard, Nassau County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Linda Davis (contributor 46609907).