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EDWARD TERRY OBRIEN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 1, 1947 – May 26, 1970
Service recordEdward Terry Obrien, of Barrington Hills, Illinois, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 105
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Barrington Hills, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 105
- HAROLD RAYMOND MCCORD JRCorporal · May 26, 1970
- ROBERT LOWELL MCCURDYCaptain · May 26, 1970
- VERNON EARL SCHROCKCorporal · May 26, 1970
- KENNETH WILLIAM SCULLYFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE ELLIOT GRAHAMWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 102
- SAMMY MANUEL GULLARTSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 103
- WILLIAM EDWARD HAWKINSSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 103
- DAVID KEITH JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 104
- EDWARD MARTIN MILLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 104
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.