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ARTHUR JOHN ABRAMOFF
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
March 1, 1941 – January 20, 1967
Service recordArthur John Abramoff, of Margate City, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 20, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 56
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- March 1, 1941
- Home of record
- Margate City, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 56
- PABLO GUERECA CONTRERASSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
- BILLY SYLVESTER DAVISStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1967
- WILLIAM LOUIS DAVISPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- ARTHUR WILLIE GREENEPrivate · January 20, 1967
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.