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ABRAHAM POWELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 14, 1942 – April 14, 1971
Service recordAbraham Powell, of Wetumpka, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 124
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Wetumpka, Alabama (Elmore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1971
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 124
- JAMES HOWARD MACDOUGALMaster Sergeant · April 14, 1971
- RODGER HYLER MITCHELLPrivate · April 14, 1971
- PAUL MICKLE NOLENSpecialist Five · April 14, 1971
- RONALD LEE SANBOWERSpecialist Four · April 14, 1971
Same unit, same day
- TERRY JOE BAILEYCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 122
- ROY RAY HALLCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 123
From Wetumpka
- JIMMY LAVERNE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES COTTRELLStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1968
- LARRY DAVIDSON COOKPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- THOMAS EARL OWENSPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
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.