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STEPHEN OBRIEN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 18, 1932 – June 26, 1970
Service recordStephen Obrien, of Seaside, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1970, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 96
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 18, 1932
- Home of record
- Seaside, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1970
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 96
- OTIS ROBERT JONESCorporal · June 26, 1970
- RODNEY LEE KOERNERCorporal · June 26, 1970
- DAVID JOHN MOYLANPrivate First Class · June 26, 1970
- LAWRENCE LEE PETERSENSpecialist Four · June 26, 1970
From Seaside
- KURT CASEY MCDONALDColonel · December 31, 1964
- ALFRED HENRY COMBS JRSergeant First Class · June 25, 1965
- CARLITO LADORES DORSEYPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- LASZLO HOLOVITSStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1967
- O D SCOTTSergeant First Class · November 16, 1967
- WILMER WATSONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- RAYMOND JESUS PALACIOSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- CECIL ODELL BUNDAGESergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
- WILLIAM CHAPIN GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · December 15, 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.