Roll of Honor
August Olson
Incident
Game Warden August Olson died after contracting pneumonia while supervising a winter commercial rough fish seining operation in Nicollet and Le Sueur Counties. He was taken to his home, in St. Peter, where died several days later. Warden Olson had served with the agency for four years and had a total of 21 years experience in law enforcement.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, three children, five brothers, and four sisters.
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- August 2, 2026
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
21 years. You could have gone home.
Game Warden Olson gave the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 21 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Saint Paul community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Game Warden Olson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Game Warden August Olson is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.
In MN, 9 of 293 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.1% of this state's fallen. That is 3.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Enforcement Division, 1 of 18 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. August Olson's cause is highlighted.
How August Olson Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. August Olson is highlighted in Mar.
Incident Location
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