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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Donald Wentworth Osgood

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Rochester, New Hampshire

Honored By

PLD

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENLISTED ON JANUARY 12, 1942.GRADUATED FROM OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL (OCS). AFTER TRAINING, SERVED AS A HEAVY WEAPONS INSTRUCTOR AT CAMP HOWZE, TEXAS. LANDED AT OMAHA BEACH IN NORMANDY ON JUNE 26, 1944, WHERE HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION AND BECAME H COMPANY COMMANDER IN AUGUST. FROM JUNE OF 1944 TO MAY OF 1945, HE LED HIS TROOPS AT THE BATTLE OF THE ST. LO BREAKTHROUGH, THE LIBERATION OF MAASTRICHT, HOLLAND AND THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, AS WELL AS THE INVASION OF GERMANY. AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, AND THE BRONZE STAR WITH V FOR VALOR AND TWO OAK LEAF CLUSTERS.