OSBORNE, WEEDON E. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Lieutenant, Junior Grade, (Dental Corps), U.S.
Navy. Born: 13 November 1892, Chicago, Ill. Appointed from: Illinois. Citation:
For extraordinary heroism while attached to the 6th Regiment, U.S. Marines,
in actual conflict with the enemy and under fire during the advance on
Bouresche, France, on 6 June 1918. In the hottest of the fighting when
the marines made their famous advance on Bouresche at the southern edge
of Belleau Wood, Lt (j.g.). Osborne threw himself zealously into the work
of rescuing the wounded. Extremely courageous in the performance of this
perilous task, he was killed while carrying a wounded officer to a place
of safety.
This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)
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