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Personal info

Full name
OSBORN, Scott Raymond
Date of birth
19 February 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Greenwood County, Kansas
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39260012
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 February 1945
Place of death
North of Echternach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 2 51

Immediate family

Members
Handley B. Osborn (father)
Christina G. (Geisen) Osborn (mother)
Margie Osborn (sister)
Ruth Osborn (sister)
Pauline Osborn (sister)
Gene Osborn (brother)
Sylvia F. (Fisher) Osborn (wife)
Scott A. Osborn (son)
Sheridan L. Osborn (daughter)

More information

T/5 Scott R. Osborn graduated from Horace Mann High School in 1937 and worked at the Bethlehem Steel Company.

He enlisted in October 1942 and was sent overseas in November 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Records, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record/ WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Matthew Young Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Wichita Eagle - 26 February 1945, 27 January 1943