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MICHAEL MACKIE OBRIEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 23, 1949 – May 1, 1968
Service recordMichael Mackie Obrien, of Big Spring, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 43
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Big Spring, Texas (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 40 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 43
- THOMAS MITCHELL WHITEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- WARREN TAYLOR WHITMIRE JRChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 1, 1968
- CLIFFORD DAN WILLIAMSSergeant · May 1, 1968
- DAN RANDEL YOUMANSStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND PAUL MARKHAMHospitalman · Panel 53E, Line 37
From Big Spring
- AUGUSTIN CHAVEZ PAREDEZSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LEWIS MCCOY THOMASPrivate First Class · April 14, 1966
- INZAR WILLIAM RACKLEY JRLieutenant Colonel · October 18, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN SPANGLERSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- EDDIE DEAN HOLLANDSWORTHPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- WALTER ROGERS BLALOCKSergeant · March 6, 1967
- GENE VAUGHNLance Corporal · May 2, 1967
- DEAN MOORESpecialist Five · November 22, 1967
- ISMAEL HOLGUINSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- REYNALDO AYALA SANCHEZPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
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.