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CARL EDWARD ABNER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 24, 1947 – December 27, 1967
Service recordCarl Edward Abner, of Campbell, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 66
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- September 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Campbell, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; 35 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 66
- BERNARD FRANCIS POBLOCKCorporal · December 26, 1967
- ROBERT ARCHIBALD SIKONPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- THOMAS MILTON VANZANDTFirst Lieutenant · December 26, 1967
- ROBERT EDWIN WOODSWarrant Officer 1 · December 26, 1967
From Campbell
- JAMES ALVIN ELLISTechnical Sergeant · May 10, 1963
- DAVID WAYNE NORTHUPPetty Officer Third Class · February 1, 1967
- HAROLD BRUCE BARTONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- DENNY ALBERT BATTYSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
- GARY LEE TALLEYLance Corporal · March 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DALE KALBLance Corporal · March 16, 1968
- JAMES WAYNE STARKEYSergeant · May 21, 1968
- GARY RAY RALPHPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- GERALD MICHAEL DUARTEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
- MERLE ELDON ROBERTSONLance Corporal · September 10, 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.