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CHARLES EDWARD OSBORN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 28, 1947 – September 2, 1968
Service recordCharles Edward Osborn, of Checotah, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 27
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 572 ENG CO 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- November 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Checotah, Oklahoma (Mcintosh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 27
- HERBERT GEORGE LUCASSecond Lieutenant · September 2, 1968
- WINSTON ELVETTE MARCANOSergeant · September 2, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY MOONCorporal · September 2, 1968
- JAMES DALE PEOPLESFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1968
From Checotah
- RONNY KAY KINDREDSpecialist Four · December 14, 1967
- JERRY LEROY PATTERSONPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
- JIMMY DAVIS LEMLEYSergeant · September 6, 1968
- JAMES PAUL DUNCANCorporal · January 30, 1971
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.