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ABELARDO VERA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 22, 1944 – March 20, 1968
Service recordAbelardo Vera, of Brownsville, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 44
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 44
- TOMMY ANDREW WALDONCorporal · March 20, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH WEIDINGERSergeant · March 20, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD WHITEPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- LOUIS CLAUDE ZUCKERMajor · March 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROBERT ADAMSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 45E, Line 36
- JOSEPH J CASSIDY JRSergeant · Panel 45E, Line 38
- WILLIAM GOODHEARTSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 39
- WILLIE GRANT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 39
- EUGENE SMALLPrivate · Panel 45E, Line 43
From Brownsville
- GORDON ELDON GULLETTPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- ROBERTO ROCHA JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1966
- ALBERTO ANGEL AVALOSLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- DANIEL ZACHARY POST JRCorporal · July 31, 1966
- TEOFILO CARMONE RIOSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- FRANCISCO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- ANTONIO MORALES JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANTHONY PEREZPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- ATANACIO GOMEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- ISRAEL PEREZLance Corporal · May 5, 1968
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.