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ANDREW JOHN ABRAMSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 23, 1947 – October 23, 1969
Service recordAndrew John Abramson, of Lake Oswego, Oregon, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 107
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Lake Oswego, Oregon (Clackamas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 107
- VINCENT SALDANOSergeant · October 22, 1969
- RUSSELL FRANCIS SMITHSpecialist Four · October 22, 1969
- RICHARD WOODROW YATESHospitalman · October 22, 1969
- LARRY MICHAEL CLEVELANDSpecialist Four · October 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY MICHAEL CLEVELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 107
- JOSE LUIS BORRERO-SANCHEZCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 108
- DENNIS MCCOY CLARKCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 108
- GERALD LEE YOUNGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 17W, Line 108
- KERRY BRENT LOVESecond Lieutenant · Panel 17W, Line 109
- MANUEL GODINE MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 109
- DENNIS NYE HUDSONCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 110
From Lake Oswego
- DAVID BRUCE BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS WEEKSPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- ROBERT ERNEST SHARPECorporal · January 15, 1971
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.