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ANTONIO RICHARD OSUNA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 26, 1935 – September 23, 1966
Service recordAntonio Richard Osuna, of San Diego, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 4
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 26, 1935
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 4
- WILLIAM PAUL PRESSON JRStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1966
- LARRY LEE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM MACKS SHETRONSpecialist Four · September 23, 1966
- DAVID ROY WARGOPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND E FLEMING JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 1
- DAVID ROSS AIKENPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 2
- LLOYD LEE GOODINGPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 2
- PAUL GORDON HAZENSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 3
- FRANK CHARLES HUBICSAKPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 3
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 3
- WILLIAM MACKS SHETRONSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 4
- CARMELO ROMAN-AGUILARPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 5
- JOSEPH THOMAS WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 5
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.