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In Honor of Major Kevin O'Brien
MIA Vietnam War
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About Kevin O'Brien:
Home:Farmingville, New York
DOB: 08/30/1946
Sex. Male
Married: No
Unit: HHC,2nd BN, 94th Artillery, 108th Artillery GRP
Rank: Before missing 1LT, Promoted to Major while missing
Date of Loss: Jan 9, 1969
Country of loss: South Vietnam
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Please go to Operation Just Cause there is a link at the bottom of the page. When there adopt a POW/MIA like I did and help there cause. Lets not forget our Soldiers.
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Kevin's Story:
On January 9, 1969 Captain Hugh Byrd of the 200th Aviation Company was piloting a 01G Bird Dog aircraft, tail #51-5059. On board was 1Lt Kevin O'Brien. Kevin's mission
was reconnaissance, he was to identify targets for artillery. They were in the Khe Sanh area of South Vietnam. They diverted the plane to assist a recon team on the ground that was in contact with the enemy. They aided the team and was then relieved by another aircraft. On the return flight they ran into some very bad weather. The pilot reported in at 1940 hours that he was lost and that the wether was getting worse. Dong Ha and other radar controllers tried to get a fix on the aircraft. The radar team told Captain Byrd to climb higher in the sky because of dense mountains in the general area. At this time all communication halted. Searches were conducted but the wreckage nor the remains of Captain Byrd or 1Lt Kevin O'Brien were ever found. Kevin O'Brien was declared MIA. On March 7, 1979 Kevin was classified as Died while missing. While Kevin was missing he was promoted to Major. Kevin is on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. on Panel 35W line 061.
Interesting note:
All POW/MIA prior to March 23, 2003 are now considered (PFOD) Presumptive Findings Of Death.
This is an outrage to these great men and to all americans. That above line is saying that they have given up on these soldiers. If they are missing and were never offically accounted for how can we just assume they died. They are stating that these men are uncoverable. That is wrong. We cannot give up on these men. If we don't know then we will continue our fight until we do know. We must give their families peace of mind. Why classify them as PFOD when in fact they are still POW/MIA. I for one am not ready to just assume that these brave men are dead. We all owe that to these soldiers.
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To Write Congress: http://www.senate.gov/index.html
To Write The President: president@whitehouse.gov
The First Lady: first.lady@whithouse.gov
Vice-President: vice.president@whitehouse.gov
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Links
Operation Just Cause-http://www.ojc.org
POW Network-http://www.pownetwork.org
The Virtual Wall-http://www.virtualwall.org
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If you would like to email me you can do so at: romanhans1@aol.co
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