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.

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.