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FRED HARRISON OSBURN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 14, 1947 – May 22, 1968
Service recordFred Harrison Osburn JR, of San Diego, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 1
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
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1947
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 1
- RAYMOND BERNARD RALLSPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- MELVIN DOUGLAS RASHChief Master Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- JOHN HAROLD TOMENYSpecialist Five · May 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY MAC BRISTERSergeant · Panel 65E, Line 5
- WILLIAM MOSBY CLARKE JRSergeant · Panel 65E, Line 6
- ROBERT LOUIS CREWSSergeant · Panel 65E, Line 7
- ALONZO LENORD DIXONPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 8
- ANTHONY DWIGHT HATCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 10
- FRANK MARCH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 65E, Line 13
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.