WWI · Battle Death Record
Weedon Osborne
Lieutenant, Junior Grade, U.S. Navy · Illinois
Medal of Honor
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Weedon Osborne
- Entered the Service From
- Illinois
- Rank
- Lieutenant, Junior Grade
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Unit / Regiment
- Dental Corps, attached to 6th Regiment, U.S. Marine Corps (2nd Division)
- War
- WWI
- Date of Death
- June 6, 1918
- Awards
- Medal of Honor
- Burial / Memorial
- Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, Belleau, France
- Grave
- Plot A, Row 3, Grave 39
Their story
Lieutenant (j.g.) Weedon E. Osborne, a Navy dental surgeon attached to the 6th Regiment, U.S. Marine Corps, displayed conspicuous gallantry during the advance on Bouresches at the southern edge of Belleau Wood on June 6, 1918, throwing himself into the work of rescuing the wounded under heavy fire. He was killed while carrying a wounded officer to a place of safety. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor and remains buried at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery at his widow's request.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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