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VICTOR WILLIAM OSNESS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1949 – January 1, 1969
Service recordVictor William Osness, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 17
- DONALD GENE KINGPrivate First Class · January 1, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES MCKIBBANStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1969
- JOSEPH NEMETH JRChief Petty Officer · January 1, 1969
- EDMUND JOSEPH SCHMIDTSpecialist Five · January 1, 1969
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 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.