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JOHN MICHAEL OBRIEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 15, 1940 – May 14, 1967
Service recordJohn Michael Obrien, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 14, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 121
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 15, 1940
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 121
- DENNIS PATRICK MOLESEPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
- JERRY A NORRISSergeant · May 14, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE PETERSONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.