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WILLIAM CHESTER OSBORN
Captain · U.S. Army
January 20, 1931 – May 5, 1964
Service recordWilliam Chester Osborn, of Tipton, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 52
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Born
- January 20, 1931
- Home of record
- Tipton, Indiana (Tipton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1964
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1964. In May 1964, 15 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 52
- DONALD LEE NELSONSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- FRANK THORNTON JRSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- BILLY DUANE GOODSpecialist Five · May 16, 1964
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
From Tipton
- JOHN MICHEL NASHCaptain · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE FARLEYCorporal · April 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.