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THOM THURSTON OSBORN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 31, 1945 – January 28, 1966
Service recordThom Thurston Osborn, of Worcester, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Worcester, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 104
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- HARRY MADISON MORSEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JAMES LUTHER RICKSPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- NATHANIEL SIMMONSPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EWING COTTRELL BABBAGEPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 102
- WILLIAM CHARLES GEISPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 102
- THOMAS RICHARD GRANTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 103
- TAYLOR DOUGLAS JOHNSONMajor · Panel 4E, Line 103
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 105
- CARLOS ZAMORA JRSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 105
From Worcester
- DAVID LAWRENCE DRAKE JRHospitalman · March 20, 1966
- ROBERT J DIREDAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD CAPUANOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- DANIEL VICTOR MANZAROCorporal · April 1, 1966
- RALPH VICTOR RENAULD JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- WALTER STEPHAN MOONEYLance Corporal · September 5, 1966
- RICHARD CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- RUSSELL PETER BOTTMaster Sergeant · December 2, 1966
- ALLAN PHILIP COLLAMORE JRLieutenant Commander · February 4, 1967
- PHILLIP ANTHONY OBRIENPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
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.