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JOHN JOSEPH OBRIEN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1945 – April 15, 1968
Service recordJohn Joseph Obrien, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 6
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 6
- WILLIAM L MATTHEWS JRLance Corporal · April 15, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS MCMASTERSpecialist Five · April 15, 1968
- JAMES HARDIN METZColonel · April 15, 1968
- JAMES ELLSWORTH NICOLAISENPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS LEE KLIMPKESpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 5
- KENNETH DALE SCHWARTZSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 8
- LOUIS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 8
- JAMES ALLAN TREMBLAYPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 9
- JOHN EDWARD WALTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 9
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.