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DONALD KEITH OSBORN
Captain · U.S. Army
July 28, 1948 – March 23, 1971
Service recordDonald Keith Osborn, of Loveland, Colorado, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1971, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 71
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Loveland, Colorado (Larimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 71
- JEFFERY IGLESIAS QUINTANILLASergeant · March 23, 1971
- LANCE ALLEN ROBINSONCorporal · March 23, 1971
- WILLIAM LEROY SCHELLSpecialist Four · March 23, 1971
- WARREN PAUL SEAWELCorporal · March 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JOHN FOTIChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 4W, Line 70
From Loveland
- PETE ANTHONY VALASQUEZStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1965
- DONALD WARREN CONN JRLance Corporal · June 9, 1966
- ARTHUR LLOYD ADAMS JRPetty Officer Third Class · August 23, 1968
- ARLON GLENN SCHAEFFERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1968
- FLOYD DALE KETELSSergeant · April 1, 1970
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.