Contributed by Eileen Gillette
Description: Former Reno Man Killed In Action (O'Brien)
Date: May 8 1942Newspaper published in: Reno
Donald K. O'BRIEN, former resident of Reno, has been killed in action in Europe, his brothers, Arthur and Harry O'BRIEN of Reno were notified of yesterday.
O'BRIEN, a flight sergeant with the Royal Air Force, presumably was shot down on the Western front.
Sergeant O'BRIEN joined the RAF shortly after Britain entered the war. A native of Pictou, Nova Scotia, he was born 12 Jan 1910.
In addition to his brothers here, he is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.K. O'BRIEN of Canada; a sister and two brothers in Canada and a brother in Detroit.
He had been engaged in business here with his brothers.

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