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LAWRENCE ELSTON OSBORNE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 25, 1947 – April 4, 1968
Service recordLawrence Elston Osborne, of Peekskill, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Peekskill, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 8
- DONALD BLAIR PAYSOURCorporal · April 4, 1968
- GEORGE ROBERT PECKHAMLance Corporal · April 4, 1968
- DONALD LEE PERILLOPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD PERRINSSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TOMMY DUANE KNAPPStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 6
- DAVID ARTHUR ROSENBERGERSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 10
- DAVID JOEL SCHULTZPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 10
From Peekskill
- OLIVER C CHASE JRCaptain · July 22, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN KELLYPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- DOUGLAS RONALD MOWBRAYPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- MICHAEL JOHN AMATOLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- FRANK JOHN GUICHAUDPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- JOHN BARDEN HUDSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- CHESTER JOHN MOSHIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD REEDCorporal · February 28, 1969
- MICHAEL LOUIS POGGISergeant · March 28, 1969
- WILLIAM TIMOTHY DORSEYPrivate First Class · July 3, 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.