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Personal info

Full name
OSBORN, Carl Urban
Date of birth
20 January 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Washington, District of Columbia
Hometown
Washington, District of Columbia

Military service

Service number
33044632
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 September 1944
Place of death
Lorey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 10 68

Immediate family

Members
Dorothy C. Osborn (mother)
Paul C. Osborn (brother)
Pauline E. Osborn (sister)
Norbert F. Osborn (brother)
Sylvia J. Osborn (sister)
Marnitta N. Osborn (sister)
Grace E. (Mason) Osborn (wife)

More information

Sgt Carl U. Osborn was a gardener and ground keeper before he enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 22 May 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Washington D.C. Marriage Records / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Eric Ackerman
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