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DAVID WILLIAM OSBORNE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 12, 1940 – August 23, 1970
Service recordDavid William Osborne, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 133
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 12, 1940
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1970
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 133
- JAMES ROBERT HUNTChief Petty Officer · August 23, 1970
- GARY WILLIAM JONESCorporal · August 23, 1970
- ARTHUR MEDINACorporal · August 23, 1970
- JOHN DAVID PHILLIPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN FREDRICK WERNERSpecialist Five · Panel 8W, Line 134
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.