Korean War
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Rank | Ensign U.S. Navy |
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Date of Death | May 7 1954 |
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National Defense Service Medal
Ensign Osborn was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.
Notes
Ensign Osborn was the co-pilot of a Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune patrol bomber with Patrol Squadron 23, based at Naval Air Station New Brunswick, Maine. On May 7, 1954, the squadron was participating in Exercise ASDEVEX 1-54 from Windsor Field, Nassau. Shortly after takeoff, it crashed into the ocean killing 10 crewmen.