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Sgt Osmun married Ellen L. Depaolo in 1942. He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 25 March 1944.

Sgt Osmun was killed in the woods, surrounding the town of Dausfeld. His remains stayed unrecovered until a local citizen, Miss. Weiskopf accompanied an investigation team to the exact spot near a deep trench where she and her sister had seen two dead US soldiers in april 1945. Upon looking into the trench, investigator Sgt John smith, noticed that a part of the trench had been filled op in this particular area and upon probing a both ends of the elevation in the trench, the typical soles of US Army combat shoes became visible. Immediately, disinterring operations were commenced and the complete skeletal remains of two US soldiers were recovered. On the them was Charles Osmun. His remains could be identified by means of identification tags and a golden ring bearing the initials CO.

It is shocking that the person or persons who were ordered by the German authorities to recover the two deceased US soldiers simply threw the remains in the existing trench and covered them with dirt. As sad fact is that his father died only 11 days before the discovery of his missing son was made.