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JON OWEN OSHEIM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 26, 1943 – January 16, 1969
Service recordJon Owen Osheim, of Story City, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 17
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
- Chaplain Assistant (71M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Story City, Iowa (Story County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1969; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 17
- CHRISTABOL TOBY MCCLUREPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- JERRY ARNOLD MCFALLSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- DAVID JAMES RIDEOUTSergeant · January 16, 1969
- STEPHEN FRANK ROBARSergeant · January 16, 1969
From Story City
- EDWARD W STRAINStaff Sergeant · April 10, 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.