John E. Olson
United States Army officer
Died when: 94 years 310 days (1138 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius

John Eric Olson (November 27, 1917 – October 2, 2012) was a U.S.Army Colonel, West Point graduate (class of 1939), and one of the last surviving officers of the Bataan Death March of World War II.
He was also a military historian and author of three books, as well as numerous magazine articles dealing primarily with his experiences as a prisoner of war in the Philippines and in Japan from 1942 to 1945.
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