OSBORNE PAUL E

MAJ Paul E. Osborne was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 01/04/2008 at the age of 84.4
Savannah, GA
Date of Birth 08/01/1923
Served in the U.S. Army
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More detail on this person: Paul E Osborne, 84 OBITUARIES Savannah Morning News (GA) - Tuesday, January 8, 2008 SAVANNAH - Paul E. Osborne was born in Glasgow, WV on August 1, 1923 and died in Savannah, GA on January 4, 2008. He entered the US Army in 1943 serving with the 7th Infantry Regiment 3rd Infantry Division and participated in the liberation of Europe fighting in the Rome Arno, Southern France, Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns. Rising from private to Technical Sergeant he earned the Silver Star Medal for gallantry in action, 3 Bronze Star Medals for valor and the Combat Infantryman's Badge. Following his war service he received a direct commission and spent the 1950's in Germany as the Cold War heated up. His US tours of duty included Fort Knox and Fort Hood with a final combat zone assignment in Vietnam in 1962 as one of the earliest military advisors under the Military Assistance Command. After serving as active duty advisor to the Maryland National Guard he concluded a distinguished career at Hunter Army Airfield in 1969 and retired with the rank of Major. He is survived by his wife of over 62 years - Mary Gwendolyn Osborne; his daughter Paulette A. Quinn and her husband Carl S Quinn; his sons, Richard Hays Osborne and James David Osborne and his wife Annette Osborne; granddaughter, Sarah Rachel Osborne; and sister, Gloria Moats. His family and friends will suffer the loss of a yet another member of the Greatest Generation to whom we owe so much as husband, father, brother, friend and warrior. Memorial Visitation will be Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at Hubert C. Baker Funeral Home from 6 - 7 p.m. Interment will be at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. Memorial Contributions can be made to St. Joseph's Hospital.

Burial information: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA

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