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Timothy R. Olsen - Class of 1995

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    Timothy R Olsen, Jr - NFA Class of 1995 - John was born July 15, 1977 in Newburgh NY. The son of Renee T. Avon. He served his country as a CPL in the US Marines. John died in Okinawa Japan on January 27, 2001 at the age of 23 He received the Good Conduct Medal and Expert Rifle Medal. Buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery & Mausoleum in Newburgh NY

Family seeks answers in Marine's death

TOWN OF NEWBURGH: Marines say he was killed in an accident in Okinawa.
By Wayne A. Hall - The Times Herald-Record - whall@th-record.com

Renee Avon draws her last few days with her hands, pulling questions out of the air rapidly while trying to make sense of what happened last Saturday. Her 23-year-old son, Marine Cpl. Timothy Olsen Jr., was swept from a cliff in Okinawa by strong waves. He'd been rock-climbing on his day off. What was known in the gray house on Delaware Road where the Christmas lights still drape the front door was not much just after a pair of Marine officers showed up Saturday to deliver the news. Avon takes some of the blame for not pressing for information. "I just went blank when they said something had happened and I closed the door and didn't ask them anything more," she said. She was numb. When it sank in later that her son, Tim, a tough guy who lifted weights, patrolled Newburgh Mall as a security guard and drove trucks after graduating from Newburgh Free Academy, could be dead, she and husband, Lou, went on a mad scramble to get the facts. They sent e-mails to their son's mates in Okinawa. They called their congressman, Maurice D. Hinchey Jr., D- Saugerties. Yesterday, Marine officers came again and gave her an update. They left behind a certificate that tells some of the story, which is still being investigated. Her son is "deceased" in a non hostile action. He fell from a cliff with a lighthouse called Cape Zampa. There was a 72-hour search. Those are just some of the facts that will be followed by an investigation report Feb. 6. "They were nice; they said call them any time," Avon said. It wasn't until earlier yesterday that her husband finally contacted a Marine buddy of Tim's who saw the accident. He said his pal was swept off the rocks. "His friend said he could see him in the water," Avon said. "I just hope he was knocked unconscious and didn't suffer." Marine Corps spokesman Capt. Steve Butler said "efforts to recover the Marine are ongoing" in the Cape area. "He came home for Christmas and New Year's and we had such a wonderful time. I'm so glad we had that," Avon said. All around her were proud pictures of her '70s-music-loving son, wearing Marine dress blues.


BIRTH-15 Jul 1977 Newburgh, Orange County, New York, USA DEATH 27 Jan 2001 (aged 23)
BURIAL Cedar Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum
Newburgh, Orange County, New York, USA
MEMORIAL id 5196400


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