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Personal info

Full name
OSBORN, Marvin R
Date of birth
17 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Marshall, Saline County, Missouri
Hometown
Saline County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37516357
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Holzheim-Neuss, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 10 12

Immediate family

Members
Arthur Osborn (father)
Lucy A. (Souder) Osborn (mother)
Elsie Osborn (sister)
Archie M. Osborn (brother)
Wilma F. Osborn (wife)
Arthur Osborn (son)

More information

Pvt Osborn was reported lightly wounded in action on 24 July 1944. After recovering, he returned to his unit on 29 July. He was again reported wounded in action, this time severely, on 6 August 1944. For these two wounds he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal twice.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / Headstone and Interment Record, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org/heroes/serial/37516357

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Kalthoff Family