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JAMES D OZBUN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
October 25, 1947 – December 24, 1968
Service recordJames D Ozbun, of Fairfield, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1968, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 73
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Fairfield, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 73
- BRUCE MICHAEL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 24, 1968
- CHARLES DENNIS MAURINPrivate First Class · December 24, 1968
- FREDERICK G PARKER JRSpecialist Four · December 24, 1968
- JOHNNY LEE RICHARDSCorporal · December 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEE MURRAY BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 71
- KENNETH ROY DEVORESpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 72
- ROGER ALAN ROSSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36W, Line 74
From Fairfield
- DONALD LUCIAN BENNETTLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- SALVADOR REDILLA DULAYLance Corporal · January 17, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN IVESSpecialist Four · April 23, 1967
- MICHAEL BRUCE SMITHCorporal · July 7, 1967
- FRANK ARTHUR DAWSONAirman · February 17, 1968
- HEINZ RUCHTIPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- CLARENCE PAUL BURLESONSergeant · March 9, 1969
- JOHN THIERYMaster Sergeant · April 12, 1969
- HENRY BENNETT PARSONS IIICorporal · November 29, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWARD BORGESSergeant · April 2, 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.