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GEOFFREY HOLMES OSBORN
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
December 17, 1939 – September 24, 1965
Service recordGeoffrey Holmes Osborn, of Winter Park, Florida, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 194 USS BON HOMME RICHARD CVA 31
- Born
- December 17, 1939
- Home of record
- Winter Park, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2E, Line 93
- DAVID TIESON GRAHAM JRCorporal · July 11, 1965
- GEORGE LEONARD SHOOK JRPrivate First Class · September 22, 1965
- DAVID ALLEN MORGANStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1965
- EUGENE LEONARD ARANDAPrivate First Class · September 24, 1965
From Winter Park
- JOHN LUCIUS HOUSTONSergeant · July 6, 1964
- TIMOTHY ANDREW VELTMANSpecialist Four · August 4, 1966
- JOE ALBERT CRUTCHERPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- GARY JOSEPH BELLPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- DAVIS FREEMAN BROWNPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- CHARLES CLARK IIFirst Lieutenant · October 7, 1968
- JAMES DAVID WRIGHT JRCorporal · March 22, 1969
- KENNETH LEROY WITHAMLance Corporal · March 27, 1969
- JOSEPH WOODARDCaptain · May 6, 1969
- HAL EDWARD PERRYChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 9, 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.