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JAMES DALE OSENBAUGH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 20, 1947 – January 4, 1968
Service recordJames Dale Osenbaugh, of Hutchinson, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 40
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Hutchinson, Kansas (Reno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 40
- WALTER JOHN PETERSPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- CLIFTON PALMER PIERCEStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1968
- GENE ALBERT POLITOCorporal · January 4, 1968
- GARRY GARNETT PRINCEPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY GENE JENTCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 37
- ROGER WILLIAM LARCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 38
- WALTER JOHN PETERSPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 40
- ROBERT WILLIAM SORENSENPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 42
From Hutchinson
- KENNETH LEE GLAZEStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- KEITH D GRIFFINSergeant · March 16, 1967
- CHARLES FRANKLIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- RONNIE EUGENE ALVORDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- MICHAEL LUND WILSONSecond Lieutenant · June 3, 1968
- DAVID REID NELSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- GARY LEE BROWNINGSpecialist Four · September 18, 1968
- DENNIS BLAINE GREENSeaman Apprentice · January 19, 1969
- ROLLAND KEITH FRYSpecialist Four · May 2, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES GREATHOUSEPrivate First Class · October 12, 1969
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.