PVT Albert A. Osier

courtesy of Mike & Bushy Hartman

PVT Albert A. Osier was born about 1912 in Ontario, Canada. He was the son of Frank Joseph and Sarah (Lannin) Osier. About the time he turned 18, Albert moved to Detroit and got a job as a clerk. He married Pearl Marie Goring on 19 Jul 1941.

 Albert was drafted. After his initial military training he was sent to England and assigned to B Company 116th Infantry. He trained with that unit for and participated in the amphibious assault on occupied French soil at Omaha Beach on 6 Jun 1944. PVT Osier was wounded and evacuated to hospital about 18 Jun 1944. He returned to the unit on 17 Jul 1944. PVT Osier was killed in action on 29 Jul 1944.

PVT Osier is buried in the Normandy American Cemetery. 

Pearl never remarried and she passed away in 2010.