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ABELARDO ARAUJO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 16, 1945 – April 7, 1967
Service recordAbelardo Araujo, of Lake Arthur, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 20 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 8 ENG BDE
- Born
- July 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Lake Arthur, New Mexico (Chaves County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 114
- GEORGE M HARRINGTONSpecialist Five · April 6, 1967
- CONRAD EARL POOLESpecialist Five · April 6, 1967
- DONALD EARL BOSTONPetty Officer Third Class · April 7, 1967
- HENRY HWEY GAMBLECorporal · April 7, 1967
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.