John Henry Osborne

Graduating Class
1941

Major
Civil Engineering

Activities at Clemson
Cadet First Lieutenant, Platoon Leader, Company L, Third Battalion, First Regiment; ASCE; Newman Club, President; Senior Platoon; Pershing Rifles; Marksman, ROTC Camp, Fort McClellan, AL.

Hometown
Hardeeville, SC

Service & Rank
Army, First Lieutenant

Unit
141st Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division

Date of Birth
Apr 9, 1920

Date of Death
Feb 10, 1944

Details of Death
Died of wounds received in an artillery crossfire in Italy.

Burial Details
Beaufort National Cemetery, Section 45, Site 254.

Barrow Stone Location
SE

Additional Information

Operations of the 141st Infantry Regiment at the time of Lieutenant Osborne’s death 

It was foot by foot, yard by yard, in January and February, 1944, and then the 141st reached the River Rapido, a name that left a bloody page in the records of the 141st and 143d.  Terrible casualties resulted as the Alamo Regiment attempted to force the stream, lacking boats, bridges and artillery support.  The 48 hours at the Rapido River cost the Regiment dearly.  And there still was fighting ahead, Monte Cassino.  By the end of this campaign, February 27th, platoons were reduced to squads, companies to platoon strength and battalions to two hundred men.  Extracted from:https://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/36division/archives/141/141lin.htm

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Grave marker in Beaufort National Cemetery (added by Gib McKenzie)

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