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Personal info

Full name
OSBORNE, Alva Franklin
Date of birth
14 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Scioto County, Ohio
Hometown
Franklin County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35630991
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 October 1944
Place of death
Derbamont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 19 63

Immediate family

Members
Mack W. Osborne (father)
Dolly F. (Stephenson) Osborne (mother)
Velma L. (Bailes) Osborne (wife)

More information

Sgt Alva F. Osborne enlisted in Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 8 March 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Ohio Birth Index, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy