U.S. ARMY T-5 VICTOR A. OSBORN MEMORIAL BRIDGE

MEDIC T-5 VICTOR A. OSBORN, ASSIGNED TO THE 509TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY BATTALION, WAS KILLED IN COMBAT DURING OPERATION DRAGOON AND AWARDED HIS SECOND PURPLE HEART AND A SILVER STAR FOR HIS FINAL ACTIONS.
PART OF HIS SILVER STAR CITATION READS: “DURING THE AFTERNOON HE LOCATED THREE WOUNDED MEN WHO LAY AMONG THE ROCKS EXPOSED TO SNIPER AND SHELL FIRE. HE TREATED THESE WOUNDED MEN AND REMOVED THEM TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. THEN DESPITE REPEATED PLEAS FROM HIS COMRADES TO BE MORE CAREFUL, HE ATTEMPTED TO AID ANOTHER WOUNDED SOLDIER AND IN SO DOING WAS HIMSELF MORTALLY WOUNDED.”