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DWIGHT PRESTON OBRIEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 25, 1949 – August 26, 1970
Service recordDwight Preston Obrien, of Ronceverte, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Ronceverte, West Virginia (Greenbrier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1970; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 13
- ROBERT PAUL MCMASTERSergeant · August 26, 1970
- JOHN LAURENCE PIERSOL JRPrivate First Class · August 26, 1970
- DAVID PHILLIP REESESpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM REESE JRSergeant · August 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ANDERSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 7
- STUART LEE BARNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 8
- DENNIS GORDON BATESELSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 8
- THEODORE FRANK BEDRAPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 8
- PAUL EDWARD BRIDGETTCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 8
- WESLEY OTERIA CODYCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 9
- ONNIE DAVID DUNCANSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 9
- CURTISS ESTRIDGESpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 9
- FLORENTINO FLORESPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 10
- ISIAH CALVIN GARNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 10
- JAMES MICHAEL GINNCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 10
- THOMAS STEVEN HICKMANCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 11
- ALBERT LEE JOHNSONFirst Sergeant · Panel 7W, Line 11
- FRED CHRIS KRAEMERSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 11
- CURTIS JOHNSON MANRINGCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 12
- MICHAEL LYNN MORGANCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 12
- ROBERT PAUL MCMASTERSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 13
- JOHN LAURENCE PIERSOL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 13
- DAVID PHILLIP REESESpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 13
- DAVID EARL ROSESpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 14
- LEE EARNEST SALTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 14
- HECTOR MONTALVO SANDOVALSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 14
- WILLIAM DAVID THORPESpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 14
- RUBEN MARTINEZ-ZAYASCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 15
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.