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Personal info

Full name
OSBURNE, Lawrence Wayne
Date of birth
17 December 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Pennsboro, Ritchie County, West Virginia
Hometown
Toronto, Jefferson County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35076105
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
Near Rittershoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 14 9

More information

Pfc Lawrence W. Osburne was employed at the Follansbee Steel Corporation before he enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 25 March 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach and thigh.

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 Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Combat History 79th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy