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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Abraham Schwartz.

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ABRAHAM SCHWARTZ

Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force

March 23, 1944 – November 4, 1965

Service record

Abraham Schwartz, of New York, New York, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 4, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 8E · Line 114

Position of Panel 8E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Airman Second Class (A2C)
Service
Regular
Born
March 23, 1944
Home of record
New York, New York (Kings County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 4, 1965
Age
21
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

24 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 8E, Line 114

From New York

All 1370 names from New York →

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.