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NAME Paul O’Brien |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 362319 |
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| UNIT VMSB-243 Radio / Gunner |
HOME OF RECORD 108 Manthorne Road, West Roxbury, MA |
NEXT OF KIN Mother, Mrs. Ethel M. O’Brien |
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| DATE OF BIRTH 1921 |
ENTERED SERVICE January 15, 1942 |
DATE OF LOSS March 1, 1943 |
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| REGION Central Pacific |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Hawaiian Islands |
CASUALTY TYPE Non-Battle Death |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Corporal Paul O’Brien was an aviation radioman / gunner assigned to VMSB-243, based out of Johnston Island. On 1 March 1943, while attached to the 4th Marine Base Defense Air Wing, Cpl. O’Brien and his pilot, Second Lieutenant August C. Baetzhold, Jr., were killed in a flight accident. Their aircraft was lost in the Hawaiian Islands, and neither Marine’s body could be recovered from the crash. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS — |
LAST KNOWN RANK Corporal |
STATUS OF REMAINS Not recovered |
MEMORIALS Honolulu Memorial |
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