Ole Admundsen Littleton, or Lilletun, as it is spelled in Norway, was born at Vossestranden, Norway, on December 27th, 1894. His mother died when he was but four years old, and at her death his uncle promised to take care of the orphaned boy. Ole therefore went to live with uncle, Lars Lilletun, and his grandmother, and grew up among his cousins as their brother. He attended the common school between the ages of eight and fifteen, and two years later (1911) emigrated to America where he had an uncle living in Northwood, Iowa. After a short stay with his uncle, Ole moved to Montana, and from there he came to Nevada and made his home in Winnemucca, Humboldt County, which he represented when he entered our National Army (June 4th, 1918).

At Camp Lewis, Washington, where he first reported, he served only two days in the 166th Depot Brigade before being transferred to Company K, 157th Infantry, 40th Division. With the latter unit he went overseas on August 9th, but it is not known how long he remained in it; his record simply shows that at some time within the two months following he left the 40th for Company D, 109th Infantry, 28th Division. During the greater part of August the 28th Division had held a front south of the Vesle River at Fismes, and on the 4th of September it crossed the river with the 77th Division and advanced toward the Aisne until relieved by the French on September 7th. Whether or not Ole Littleton joined the division in time for this battle is not known. On the 26th of September, however, when the Meuse-Argonne Offensive commenced, Private Littleton was with the 28th in its position in the Argonne Forest.

The division forced its way past Montblainville and Apremont, and in the early part of October was fighting between the Bois d’Apremont and the Bois de Chatel. While somewhere in this region, Private Littleton was so severely wounded that he died from the effects of it on the 7th of October. He was buried in the American Cemetery at Cheppy, southeast of where he fell. By a strange coincidence his grandmother, whose pet he had been in boyhood, died on October 10th, 1918, just three days after he gave up his own life in the war. His uncle, Lars Lilletun of Vossestranden, Norway, is his nearest surviving relative.