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JOHN HENRY OBRIEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 22, 1945 – January 2, 1967
Service recordJohn Henry Obrien, of Butte Falls, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 111
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Butte Falls, Oregon (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1967; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 111
- DENNIS GRANT NICOLAPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- GEORGE JOSEPH SCANLANPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- ELMER FRANK SPINAPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- THOMAS LEE TROELSTRUPSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DON EARLSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 108
- WALTER L GOSHORNPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 108
- ELMER L JUCKETT IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 109
- WILBUR LINWOOD KOHRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 110
- DENNIS GRANT NICOLAPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 111
- NORMAN WAYNE VINCENTPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 112
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.