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ARLEY GEORGE ABRAHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 24, 1947 – September 13, 1968
Service recordArley George Abraham, of Madison, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 13, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- February 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Madison, West Virginia (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 44
- LESTER LEE WOODFirst Lieutenant · September 12, 1968
- SAMUEL LEROY AKINSPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- CURTIS LEE ANDERSENWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1968
- JAMES OSCAR ARROWOODPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
From Madison
- ROBERT LEON KINGSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- DARRELL EDWARD DUNLAPPrivate First Class · February 8, 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.