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RONALD CHARLES OSBORNE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 16, 1941 – December 4, 1966
Service recordRonald Charles Osborne, of North Palm Beach, Florida, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 16, 1941
- Home of record
- North Palm Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 11
- JOHN MATTHEW COLEAirman Second Class · December 4, 1966
- HOWARD V MATSON JRLance Corporal · December 4, 1966
- LAWRENCE DAVID MUNGIN IIIPrivate First Class · December 4, 1966
- JAMES MILTON WILSONPrivate First Class · December 4, 1966
From North Palm Beach
- ROBERT ALFRED GATESPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
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.