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ALDEN WALTON OBRIEN
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
January 14, 1918 – October 21, 1968
Service recordAlden Walton Obrien, of Covington, Kentucky, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 21, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 50. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 14
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 14, 1918
- Home of record
- Covington, Kentucky (Kenton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1968
- Age
- 50
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Darlac Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 14
- ANTHONY JOSEPH PEARSONCaptain · October 21, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN RANDALL SRPrivate First Class · October 21, 1968
- RUBEN EVERARDO REYESSergeant · October 21, 1968
- ROBERT BROOKS RICHARDSONLieutenant Colonel · October 21, 1968
From Covington
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- LOUIS R RANDALLPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CARL WILLIAM MUELLERSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS RAY SOWARDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DONATUS JOSEPH GEILENCorporal · February 28, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1967
- FRANK BELLEW DUNFORD IIIStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1967
- JEFFREY SCOTT AKERHospitalman · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS HOWARD RETSCHULTELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- SAMUEL GREEN HURRYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
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.