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Personal info

Full name
OSBRON, James Orval
Date of birth
25 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
New Concord, Calloway County, Kentucky
Hometown
New Concord, Calloway County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35727673
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 October 1944
Place of death
Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 22 49

Immediate family

Members
Robert L. Osbron (father)
Florence M. (Ferguson) Osbron (mother)
Thelma L. Osbron (sister)
Vera Osbron (sister)
Luther Osbron (brother)
Ola Osbron (sister)
Beatrice Osbron (sister)
Wavel E. Osbron (brother)
Mable M. Osbron (sister)
Willie M. Osbron (brother)
Dewey R. Osbron (brother)
Pauline Osbron (sister)
Neva (Ferguson) Osbron (wife)
Barbara J. Osbron (daughter)

More information

Pvt James O. Osbron attended Concord High School and was employed at the Ford Motor Company in Detroit before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 24 March 1943. He was sent overseas in June 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Gallimore Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / 1940 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Brent Clark
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Brent Clark