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DONALD GWYN OSBORNE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 6, 1947 – October 26, 1967
Service recordDonald Gwyn Osborne, of Street, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 76
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Street, Maryland (Harford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 76
- DANIEL PETER KEE IIIPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
- JOHN GEORGE ORSINOPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
- STEPHEN FREDERICK PETERSFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1967
- STEVEN ADRIAN SMITHLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD KLEMM BOYD JRMajor · Panel 28E, Line 72
From Street
- EDWARD JOSEPH WISESpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- LARRY LEE ROBINSONSergeant · May 17, 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.