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Personal info

Full name
OZBUN, Harold Clayton
Date of birth
16 June 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Loda, Reno County, Kansas
Hometown
Loda, Reno County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37751990
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
290th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dorsten, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 20 13

Immediate family

Members
Vernie F. Ozbun (father)
Jessie (Davis) Ozbun (mother)
Eugene Ozbun (brother)
Duane Ozbun (brother)
Vera Ozbun (sister)
Wilma Ozbun (sister)

More information

Harold C. Ozbun attended high school for four years.

He enlisted at Fort Levenworth, Kansas on 12 September 1944. He trained at Camp Robinson, Arkansas and Fort Meade, Maryland from where he was sent overseas in January 1945.

Source of information: Jac Engels, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov,www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record,www.ancestry.com - 1910/1930 Census / Osburn Family Tree, Clements-Love-Canady Family Tree, 75th Infantry Division “Bugle Busters” Unit History, http://www.history.army.mil/documents/ETO-OB/75ID-ETO.htm, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Jeffrey Jerald Julseth Family Tree