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CHARLES ROBERT OSTEEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 26, 1944 – February 5, 1969
Service recordCharles Robert Osteen, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1969, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 67
- HARRY TILLMAN NIGGLELieutenant Colonel · February 5, 1969
- THOMAS PATRICK NOONAN JRLance Corporal · February 5, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD NORDELL JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE OLSONMajor · February 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLARD HARLEY BURKHARTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 33W, Line 61
- JAMES LEONARD FRANCISCOPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 62
- FRED ALLEN NEUBAUERPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 66
- WILLIAM JACKIE PRYORCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 68
- JULIAN CABRAL RIVERAPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 68
- DARYL GENE SCALFSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 69
- WILLIE SUMMERVILLE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 69
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.