Cemeteries beginning with “O”

OAKLEY CAVE CEMETERY - Jack’s Creek

1. John A. Collett, Corp (1891 - 1919)

2. Woodrow Shepherd, Navy (1940 - 2018)

3. **Jackson Sizemore, Corp. Co B KY 47 INF.

4. Thomas Shepard, (1942 - 2011) Army Missile Crew

5. William “Billy” Collett, (1825 - 1889)

CLARENCE OSBORNE CEMETERY

1. Clark Napier, WW l

2. Bige Hoskins, Army Korea

GILLIE OSBORNE CEMETERY - Thousandsticks

1. **Jack Osborne, Army Air Force

2. Sam Osborne, Jr., Korea

**Jack Osborne served as a Technician Fifth Grade, 853rd Engineer Battalion, Aviation, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He resided in Butler County, Ohio prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on November 21, 1942 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in construction as a driller and also as Divorced, without dependents. Jack was a passenger on the HMT Rohna. The Rohna and four other troop ships left Oran in French Algeria with cargo and troops. Off Béjaïa, Algeria the convoy was attacked by an estimated 60 German Luftwaffe Heinkel 177's. One of the 177's, piloted by Hans Dochtermann, released a glide bomb that hit Rohna on her port side and she eventually sank. 1,138 men were killed, including 1,015 U.S. personnel. The attack is the largest loss of US troops at sea due to enemy action in a single incident. 35 U.S. troops of the 2,000 originally embarked later died of wounds. Jack was "Killed In Action" in this sinking during the war. He was awarded the Purple Heart.

OWLS NEST CEMETERY - Owls Nest

1. Marcus Asher, (1917 - 1980), Army WW lI

2. Shade Hoskins, (1925 - 2008), ArmyWW ll

3. **Manuel James Lewis, (1923 - 1973), U.S. Air Force, WW ll, Korea, Vietnam

4. John Roberts, (1937 - 2018),

5. **Dan Young, (1898 - 1984), Army WW l

6. **Ian Parker, Army