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ANTHONY JOSEPH ABRUZESE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 18, 1944 – August 24, 1966
Service recordAnthony Joseph Abruzese, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 2 BN 32 ARTY II FF
- Born
- June 18, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 34
- STEPHEN FRANCIS SNYDERSecond Lieutenant · August 24, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES TARSIStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1966
- PETER HENRY ALBRIGHTSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- TERRY LEE ALEXANDERSpecialist Five · August 25, 1966
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.