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KEVIN OBRIEN
Major · U.S. Army
August 30, 1946 – January 9, 1969
Service recordKevin Obrien, of Farmingville, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He was lost on January 9, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 61
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Farmingville, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 9, 1969
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35W, Line 61
- BENNY RAY PRESTWOODLance Corporal · January 9, 1969
- WILLIAM MILLER RIDDLESpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- RICHARD CHARLES SEESpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN TESSAROSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
From Farmingville
- KEVIN PETER KNIGHTPrivate First Class · February 8, 1971
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.