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MICHAEL STEVEN OBRIEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 11, 1948 – May 12, 1969
Service recordMichael Steven Obrien, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 80
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
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- December 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 44 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 80
- TIMOTHY BOURKE OREILLYPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- CARL EDWARD PACKARD JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- LARRY GENE PADBERGPetty Officer Third Class · May 12, 1969
- FIDEL PADILLAPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.