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LYNN ARTHUR OSBORN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 2, 1948 – April 8, 1970
Service recordLynn Arthur Osborn, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 108
- ARTANZIE NETHERLYPrivate · April 8, 1970
- LEONARD ARTHUR NITZSCHEPrivate First Class · April 8, 1970
- RANDALL LEE PELLSergeant · April 8, 1970
- THOMAS ALLEN SCARBOROFirst Lieutenant · April 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD TORRES CALDERONSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 106
- ROB GEORGE MCSORLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 107
- THOMAS ALLEN SCARBOROFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 108
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 1966
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.