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PATRICK RORY OBRIEN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 4, 1948 – August 17, 1970
Service recordPatrick Rory Obrien, of Endwell, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 119
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Endwell, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1970; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 119
- JOHN LLOYD MCCLURGCorporal · August 17, 1970
- STEVEN BERNARD MELNICKCaptain · August 17, 1970
- ROGER DAVID PARMENTIERSecond Lieutenant · August 17, 1970
- GUY WESLEY PATTONSergeant First Class · August 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD KEITH JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 118
- GUY WESLEY PATTONSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 119
- RAYMOND L STANSBURY IISpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 120
- MERLYN LEE WENTZELWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 121
From Endwell
- THOMAS ESTON GREGORYHospitalman · June 15, 1968
- CRAIG EVERETT SWAGLERSeaman Apprentice · February 27, 1969
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.