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SAMUEL WILLIAM OSBORNE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 21, 1946 – April 27, 1967
Service recordSamuel William Osborne JR, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 27, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H&S CO BLT 1/3 9 MAB FMF
- Born
- January 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “H&S CO BLT 1/3 9 MAB FMF”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18E, Line 103
- BLENN COLBY DYERLance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- BELVIN LIGHTFOOTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
- THOMAS JOSEPH MCGEEVERCorporal · April 27, 1967
- CHARLES W MCKINNIE JRSergeant · April 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES AUSTIN BENTONLance Corporal · Panel 18E, Line 100
- REINALDO ANTONIO CASTROSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 100
- RICHARD HOWARD DALLASLance Corporal · Panel 18E, Line 101
- BLENN COLBY DYERLance Corporal · Panel 18E, Line 103
- RONALD KEITH PENNINGTONLance Corporal · Panel 18E, Line 104
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.