Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
Chester
W.
Olcott
POW (WWII)
April 11, 1914

–

February 15, 2003

Born:

Salem

, 

Oregon

Home:

Salem

, 

Oregon

Buried: 

Salem

, 

Oregon

Cemetery:

Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum

Chester Olcott’s father, George Benjamin Richter, served as Governor of Oregon State from 1919 to 1923.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ensign

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Japan)

    Action Date:

    December 23, 1941 – 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Ensign Chester W. Olcott (NSN: 0-101201), United States Navy, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Wake Island on 23 December 1941, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control at the end of the war.