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RICHARD D OSBORN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 18, 1935 – December 7, 1967
Service recordRichard D Osborn, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 59
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 18, 1935
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 31E, Line 59
- RICHARD RALPH KUCERALance Corporal · December 7, 1967
- THOMAS ANTHONY MCDERMOTTCorporal · December 7, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN MCKENZIEPrivate · December 7, 1967
- LARRY DUANE METCALFSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.