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TERRENCE PATRICK OBRIEN
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
February 3, 1948 – May 22, 1968
Service recordTerrence Patrick Obrien, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 22, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 14
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- February 3, 1948
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 14
- RICHARD AARON MCCLAINLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS MCPHAILMajor · May 22, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD MUCKLEROYFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1968
- HAROLD JAMES NICHOLESPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.