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CLYDE HAROLD OBRIEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 27, 1941 – January 20, 1967
Service recordClyde Harold Obrien, of Portland, Connecticut, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 59
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 27, 1941
- Home of record
- Portland, Connecticut (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 59
- HARRY DON RASHPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- HENRY EARL ROBBINSPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- MORGAN ELBERT SAVAGESpecialist Five · January 20, 1967
- JAMES BENJAMIN SIMMONSPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRED LEROY JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 57
- JAMES JOSEPH NORCIAPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 58
From Portland
- PETER CLARENCE FERGUSONCorporal · June 7, 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.