About Betty Olsen
Lived 1934 – 1968 (aged 33). Betty Olsen was a nurse, missionary and nursing.
Betty Ann Olsen (October 22, 1934 – ) She attended a missionary kids school some distance from her parents for her primary schooling. For high school, she attended the Hampden-Dubois Academy in Mount Dora, Florida, then a boarding school which often served the children of missionaries. While at the academy she decided to dedicate her life to being a missionary.
The next year, Olsen was sent to continue her preparation in Da Lat. Her final destination was her assignment at a leprosarium outside of Buôn Ma Thuột, a city about 200 miles northeast of Saigon. Benge helped bury Olson in the jungle in Đắk Lắk Province near the Cambodian border.
Awards and honors Betty Olsen was posthumously awarded a citation for "Heroic Medial Work" by the Vietnamese government.
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Who was Betty Olsen?
nurse and missionary
When was Betty Olsen born?
Betty Olsen was born on 22 October 1934 in Bouaké.
When did Betty Olsen die?
Betty Olsen died on 26 September 1968 in Đắk Lắk.
What was Betty Olsen's occupation?
Betty Olsen was a nurse, missionary and nursing.
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