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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Jerry Wayne Osborn.

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JERRY WAYNE OSBORN

Private First Class · U.S. Army

March 16, 1945 – April 1, 1965

Service record

Jerry Wayne Osborn, of Columbus Grove, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 1E · Line 99

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Armor Crewman (11E)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
March 16, 1945
Home of record
Columbus Grove, Ohio (Putnam County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 1, 1965
Age
20
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

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Four names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1965. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Columbus Grove

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.