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PATRICK EDWARD OBRIEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 4, 1946 – February 22, 1967
Service recordPatrick Edward Obrien, of Liberal, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 22, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 75
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Liberal, Kansas (Seward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 75
- JOHN RICHARD MCCORDCorporal · February 22, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE MOORE JRSeaman · February 22, 1967
- WILLIAM JUNE MOOREPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM OVSAKSergeant First Class · February 22, 1967
From Liberal
- ELDON DALE LONGPrivate First Class · March 10, 1966
- RUSSELL DESMOND WHELCHELLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- LARRY DEAN WARRENPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- ROY ALLEN LAMONSergeant · April 26, 1968
- GEORGE LARRY CRUSEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- ALLEN ROYAL BRADFORDCorporal · May 7, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR LOVESergeant · May 13, 1969
- JACKIE LEE SWINKPrivate First Class · October 14, 1969
- EDWARD LEE CRAIGSpecialist Four · February 1, 1970
- RAYMOND DEAN REGIERCorporal · February 5, 1970
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.