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TERENCE DALE OBRIEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 10, 1943 – November 13, 1966
Service recordTerence Dale Obrien, of Vicksburg, Mississippi, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 14 INF 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Vicksburg, Mississippi (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1966
- Age
- 22
- 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 November 13, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 68
- EDWARD JOSEPH PIANTKOWSKIPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- LOUIS WILLIAM POTEMPAPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT SCHULTZSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- WILLIAM FORSYTH SPERRYSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
From Vicksburg
- ARTHUR MELVIN GORDONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- HOWARD GARRETTStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1966
- ELLSWORTH I DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- JAMES C DIXONMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1967
- SHERMAN C BRADYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- DONALD RAY BURNSIDEPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- JOHN ELSEY BATCHELOR JRLance Corporal · April 7, 1969
- EUGENE TUCKERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1969
- ASBERRY BEARD JRCorporal · September 5, 1969
- FREDDIE NEIL HAYNESSpecialist Four · November 12, 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.