Chas. James Osborn

Charles James Osborn

Birth: 10/15/1894, "Austria-Slovenia"

Address: 3307 W. 97th St., Cleveland, Ohio

Demographics: age 22 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; naturalized citizen; occupation Machinist/Automatic Operator at Rauch and Lang Carriage Company, 2163 W. 25th St., Cleveland, OH [from 1905-1920 manufacturer of electric automobiles and also tractors, trucks and bomb handling equipment for the U.S. Armed Forces in WWI]  

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/25/1918; Private

Service Number: 2657737

Deployment: 7/21/1918 from New York aboard ship SS Canopic

Action: 15 Co 2 Inf Repl Regt Cp Gordon GA to July 12/18; Co H 26 Inf to death; Private May 25/18; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector, AEF July 21/18 to death; Died of Wounds Oct 15/18

Death: October 15, 1918, his birthday, [3 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 24; cause of death Died of Wounds 

Burial: buried in 2 different locations in France before permanent interment at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France, Plot B Row 23 Grave 4

Next of Kin: Mrs. Anna Osborn Fortune [or may be Fortuna], mother, 3307 W. 97th St., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: immigrated to U.S. in 1899; in 1910 Census "Charlie," age 16, was employed as a laborer at a hat factory and living with mother, stepfather and multiple siblings; no information found on father; Mother: Annie Osborn Fortune (or Fortuna), born Austria-Germany, immigrated 1899; Stepfather: Peter Fortuna, born Austria-Slovenia, occupation Cabinet Maker; Siblings: Frank; John (occupation well-driller) and Annie; Step-siblings: Fanny; Mamie; Peter; and Ruth; Charles Osborn and older brother Frank C. Osborn registered for the draft on the same day (June 5, 1917); brother Frank C. Osborn was honorably discharged on 2/18/1919