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THOMAS YORK OSBORNE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 2, 1941 – February 14, 1968
Service recordThomas York Osborne, of Harrisburg, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 36
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, North Carolina (Cabarrus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
Also on Panel 39E, Line 36
- BENNIE LOUIS MARTINSergeant · February 14, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES MCMAHANLieutenant Commander · February 14, 1968
- DAVID JOHN MONCAVAGEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- LUTHER PAGE JRStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BEN ELMORE CAUSEY JRCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 30
- GEORGE HARLAND DIZECorporal · Panel 39E, Line 31
- LAWRENCE EDWARD GIBSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 39E, Line 32
- JERRY ALAN HURDSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 33
- JERRY WAYNE JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 34
- WILLIAM CLARENCE JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 34
- DOHN WILLIAM JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 34
- ALLEN THOMAS SMITHCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 35
- LEMMIE DEE LUNSFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 40
- CHARLES ALLEN STOVALLCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 40
- WILLIAM DEWAYNE THOMASCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 40
- JOHN FRANKLIN TYRRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 41
- ERNEST MURRAL WEATHERSBEEPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 41
From Harrisburg
- GARY MICHAEL BOOECorporal · June 10, 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.