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FRANK ANTHONY OBRIEN III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 14, 1944 – March 24, 1968
Service recordFrank Anthony Obrien III, of Wheeling, West Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 10
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- November 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Wheeling, West Virginia (Ohio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 10
- ERWIN ANDREW POLTLance Corporal · March 24, 1968
- CHARLES WILBU PORTERFIELDCaptain · March 24, 1968
- ARTHUR ONEILL PRENDERGASTPetty Officer First Class · March 24, 1968
- GEORGE FLOYD PROFFERPetty Officer First Class · March 24, 1968
From Wheeling
- JACK WEBB KLEIN SRStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1965
- MARTIN C KNAPPStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT DAVE HICKMANSergeant · December 10, 1965
- DAVID WALLACE WICKHAM IILieutenant · December 17, 1965
- CHARLES E ANDERSON JRCorporal · February 18, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD MCCROBIECorporal · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE PAUL CUSTERLance Corporal · May 22, 1967
- JOSEPH RONALD KLUGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY DUPLAGASeaman · July 29, 1967
- RUSSELL FRANK MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
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.