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By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Lieutenant, Junior Grade (MC) Weedon Edward Osborne, United States Navy, is cited (Posthumously) for gallantry in action and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the Victory Medals awarded him. Lieutenant, Junior Grade Osborne distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving as a Medical Officer attached to the Sixth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in action on 6 June 1918. Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Osborne risked his life to aid the wounded when the advance upon the enemy was temporarily checked by a hail of machine-gun fire. He helped to carry Captain Donald C. Duncan to a place of safety when that officer was wounded and had almost reached it when a shell killed both. Having joined the regiment but a few days before its entry into the line and, being new to the service, he displayed a heroism worthy of its best traditions.

Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade (MC)

    Regiment:

    6th Regiment (Marines)

    Division:

    2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    June 2 – 11, 1918
    2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, Citation Order No. 40 (1918)

    By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Lieutenant, Junior Grade (MC) Weedon Edward Osborne, United States Navy, is cited (Posthumously) for gallantry in action and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the Victory Medals awarded him. Lieutenant, Junior Grade Osborne distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving as a Medical Officer attached to the Sixth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in action northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, for extraordinary heroism stemming the German advance in this region and in thrusting it back from every position occupied by the Fourth Brigade from 2 to 11 June 1918 inclusive.

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade (Dental Corps)

    Regiment:

    6th Regiment (Marines)

    Division:

    2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    June 6, 1918

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor (Posthumously) to Lieutenant, Junior Grade (Dental Corps) Weedon Edward Osborne, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism while attached to the Sixth Regiment, U.S. Marines, in actual conflict with the enemy and under fire during the advance on Bouresches, France, on 6 June 1918. In the hottest of the fighting when the Marines made their famous advance on Bouresches at the southern edge of Belleau Wood, Lieutenant, Junior Grade 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.

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade (MC)

    Regiment:

    6th Regiment (Marines)

    Division:

    2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    June 6, 1918
    War Department, General Orders No. 126 (1918)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Lieutenant, Junior Grade, (MC) Weedon Edward Osborne, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving as a Medical Officer attached to the Sixth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in action during the advance on Bouresches, France, 6 June 1918. Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Osborne voluntarily risked his life by helping to carry the wounded to places of safety, and while engaged in this difficult duty was struck by a shell and killed.