Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
OSBORNE, Jess James
Date of birth
2 July 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Kanawha County, West Virginia
Hometown
Easley, Pickens County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
35084282
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 February 1945
Place of death
Near Sarreguemines, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 14 2

Immediate family

Members
Helen M. (Scragg) Osborne (wife)
Judy Osborne (daughter)

More information

Pfc Jess J. Osborne was a gardener and ground keeper before he enlisted at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 27 April 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Judy Workman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Judy Workman