Length of service 16 years.
His tour of duty began on Nov 10, 1966
Casualty was on Nov 10, 1966
LAOS
HOSTILE, FIXED WING - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was not recovered
4/12/04:
Search of POW/MIA Database
revealed only one document
regarding Capt.
O'Brien. It
pertained to information
obtained by a Lao refugee
regarding a Crash Site in
Ban Phone; Salavan.
It's bad
enough that this hero
remains missing...but
there is virtually no
information regarding
Captain O'Brien anywhere
to be found. If you
have any information, such
as his unit of assignment
or information regarding
his shoot-down/loss
incident,
etc...please email me
ASAP!
No further information available at this time. If you have additional
information, please send email to mikeblades01@earthlink.com
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