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HERMAN JAMES OBYRN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 28, 1943 – October 11, 1969
Service recordHerman James Obyrn, of Southgate, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 69
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Southgate, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 69
- DAVID LYLE NICHOLASPrivate First Class · October 11, 1969
- WILLIAM ORTEGA JRSpecialist Four · October 11, 1969
- JEROME JAMES RICEMajor · October 11, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH WILLIAM RODENSergeant · October 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEROY MCCOMBSStaff Sergeant · Panel 17W, Line 68
- TIMOTHY R MIEDZIELECPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 68
- DAVID LYLE NICHOLASPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 69
From Southgate
- MICHAEL SOROVETZCorporal · May 28, 1967
- VERNON ROBERT STEADPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- DONALD RICHARD NORTH JRCorporal · June 1, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD SPENS IIIPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- DENNIS WILLIAM KOSEBASpecialist Five · September 23, 1968
- BRIAN RICHARD MCNEWSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- PATRICK EDWARD MCGOVERNCorporal · July 5, 1969
- JOHN KEITH ANDERSONSpecialist Five · August 10, 1969
- PHILIP JOHN SCHROCKFirst Lieutenant · December 6, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHNSON FRANKLINLance Corporal · September 16, 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.