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CHESTER LAVERN OBRIEN JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 18, 1938 – March 5, 1966
Service recordChester Lavern Obrien JR, of Taft, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 122
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 18, 1938
- Home of record
- Taft, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “L CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 122
- RICHARD E NUTTPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DENNIS ROYAL ORTWINEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JAMES HENRY PAGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PAUL IVAN MAHERLance Corporal · Panel 5E, Line 120
From Taft
- HARRY EUGENE THOMASCommander · August 13, 1965
- LARRY STANLEY PIERCEStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1965
- RALPH LEROY KEELERPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
- DENNIS PAUL WRIGHTAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- FRANK ALLEN OSTERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- DENNIS EARL DYERSergeant · May 17, 1968
- DONALD WARREN MORRISCorporal · July 6, 1968
- DONALD LEE PERRYSergeant · October 26, 1968
- JOHN RAYMOND TAYLORCorporal · June 3, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE RASEYSpecialist Four · July 26, 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.