Donald "Ole" Abrahamson

Era: World War II

Military Branch: Army

Mr. Abrahamson served in World War II, in the Rhineland and Central Europe.

He served in the U.S. Army from 1943 until 1946.

He was a Staff Sergeant.

He was born on September 6, 1922, to Adolph and Hazel (Hanson). He grew up in Twig, Minnesota, and graduated from Duluth Central High School in 1940.

Mr. Abrahamson died at age 86 in Cook, Minnesota, on September 11, 2008.

Source: Duluth News Tribune, September 13, 2008