| Rank/Rate | Motor Machinist’s Mate, First Class |
| Service Number | 295 50 32 |
| Birth Date | September 26, 1917 |
| From | Elizabethton, Tennessee |
| Decorations | Purple Heart |
| Submarine | USS Wahoo (SS-238) |
| Loss Date | October 11, 1943 |
| Location | In La Perouse Strait, Northern Japan |
| Circumstances | Sunk by a combination of air attack and depth charging |
| Remarks | Olin was born in Bennettsville, South Carolina. |
Photo courtesy of his widow via Charles Lipford. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.
He has a memorial stone in the Nave Cemetery. This cemetery is in the Siam Community of Carter County.
- Rank: Motor Machinist's Mate First Class
- Date of birth: 26 September 1917
- Date of death: 13 September 1943
- County: Carter
- Hometown: Elizabethton
- Service Branch: Navy
- Division/Assignment: USS Wahoo (SS-238)
- Theater: Pacific
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Location In Memorial: Pillar VII, Middle Panel
- Sponsored by: David Jacobs
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