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PHILLIP ANTHONY OBRIEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 27, 1948 – May 10, 1967
Service recordPhillip Anthony Obrien, of Worcester, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 85
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
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- September 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Worcester, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 85
- LEONARD EDWARD NISKIMajor · May 10, 1967
- RAYMOND LOUIS PRINCELance Corporal · May 10, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL REIDCorporal · May 10, 1967
- DELANCY DUBARRY TOLBERTLance Corporal · May 10, 1967
From Worcester
- THOM THURSTON OSBORNPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE DRAKE JRHospitalman · March 20, 1966
- ROBERT J DIREDAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD CAPUANOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- DANIEL VICTOR MANZAROCorporal · April 1, 1966
- RALPH VICTOR RENAULD JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- WALTER STEPHAN MOONEYLance Corporal · September 5, 1966
- RICHARD CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- RUSSELL PETER BOTTMaster Sergeant · December 2, 1966
- ALLAN PHILIP COLLAMORE JRLieutenant Commander · February 4, 1967
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.