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ALAN JOSEPH OBRIEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 12, 1942 – September 17, 1966
Service recordAlan Joseph Obrien, of Revere, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Fa Unit Commander (71193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Revere, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 109
- RONALD MCCRACKENPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- ALFRED MCPHERSONPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CLAY NATIONSSergeant · September 17, 1966
- GEORGE B PEARSON IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS LAMAR BUNTINGCorporal · Panel 10E, Line 104
- LEONARD BURROWStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 104
- FRANK FREDERICK DOUGLASPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 105
- JAMES ALTON LOCKWOODSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 108
- JOSEPH BINGHAM MACK JRMajor · Panel 10E, Line 108
- MICHAEL CLAY NATIONSSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 109
- GEORGE B PEARSON IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10E, Line 109
- WILLIAM FRY SIEGERTSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 110
- ATLAS JASPER MORENE SMAYPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 111
From Revere
- ARTHUR RUSSELL LEGROW JRFirst Lieutenant · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT LAWRENCE BLAISPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1969
- STEPHEN JOSEPH PENTAPetty Officer Third Class · August 12, 1969
- WALTER STANLEY OLINSKY JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 16, 1969
- JAMES LOVES DELMONTSergeant Major · 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.