Medal of Honor
1918-06-06
Bouresches, France
- Rank at action
- Lieutenant, j.g.
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Conflict
- World War I
- Unit or command
- Dental Corps, attached to 6th Regiment, U.S. Marines
The Citation
Sources ↓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.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Weedon Edward Osborne — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-002973
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-09-01
- Accredited to
- Illinois
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 7cb53a7a9b58bf4ca1f2d76e5f8621d9807fd6dc28eec5fff79f91e09317a8a6
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current official profile expands the middle name; the legacy initialed form remains an alias.