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GEORGE OSBORNE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 30, 1948 – November 22, 1967
Service recordGeorge Osborne JR, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1967; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 64
- JOHN ALAN MACDONALDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- PAUL BLOUNT MCKINLEYSpecialist Six · November 22, 1967
- GERALD LEE MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- STEVEN PAUL MORSEPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LEVESTER GRIFFINPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 62
- ERHARDT WILLIAM MATHIESENSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 63
- MCELREE MAYS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 63
- JOHN ALAN MACDONALDSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 64
- GERALD LEE MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 64
- TUNIS E RAPPLEYEA JRSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 65
- CHARLES G ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 66
- JAMES PAUL SAURINISpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 66
- JOSEPH V SHERLOCK IIISpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 66
- STEPHEN SCOTT SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 67
- FRANK LEROY TAFOYASpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 67
- STEPHEN NEIL THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 67
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 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.