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JAKE OSBORNE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 29, 1944 – June 12, 1969
Service recordJake Osborne, of Beattyville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1969, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 35
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Beattyville, Kentucky (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Vinh Binh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 35
- ALFREDO OCHOA JRPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- GEORGE MERRITT PAGE JRAirman · June 12, 1969
- DAVID HAROLD PALMIERIPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- LORENZO RICHARD PETTISCorporal · June 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ALLAN FULLERPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 32
- EMANUEL JONES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 33
From Beattyville
- JIMMY HARRISSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DARIUS E BROWNSpecialist Five · October 13, 1966
- DONALD M PERDUESergeant · May 5, 1968
- HARRY E BATESSpecialist Five · December 8, 1968
- EDWARD LEE VANDERPOOLSergeant · December 24, 1968
- WILLIE JAMES OAKSPrivate First Class · November 28, 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.