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ROBERT JAMES OSBORN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 16, 1943 – December 23, 1969
Service recordRobert James Osborn, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 87
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 2 BN 12 ARTY 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- June 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Bartlesville, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 87
- RICHARD AGUST MARFURT JRSpecialist Five · December 23, 1969
- CLIFFORD MONTGOMERYSergeant First Class · December 23, 1969
- FRANKLIN WYLIE NEELSergeant First Class · December 23, 1969
- DAVID NEAL REEDLance Corporal · December 23, 1969
From Bartlesville
- JAMES EDWIN BAILEYStaff Sergeant · September 4, 1964
- HAROLD WILLIAM WINGETFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1967
- JAY ANDERSON MITCHELLCaptain · May 12, 1967
- WILLIAM CALVIN DIEHL JRLieutenant Colonel · November 7, 1967
- JACK MILTON SMITHSecond Lieutenant · November 12, 1967
- RICHARD HOWARD PARKERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- JOHN WESLEY MCVEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- BRUCE ANTHONY LYNCHLance Corporal · November 25, 1968
- MICHAEL GENE WARNICKSpecialist Four · October 2, 1970
- JOHN DELBERT STARRETTSergeant · October 4, 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.