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CHARLES SEABORN ABEL
Captain · U.S. Army
March 4, 1938 – September 13, 1966
Service recordCharles Seaborn Abel, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 68 AN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 4, 1938
- Home of record
- Hopkinsville, Kentucky (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 89
- BENJAMIN PAUL NORTONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- ROLANDO LUIS SOLIZPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- STANLEY GEORGE SPRAGUEMajor · September 12, 1966
- M L WILLISSergeant · September 12, 1966
From Hopkinsville
- EWING COTTRELL BABBAGEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DONALD FRANKLIN MCMILLANCaptain · April 2, 1966
- LARRY REEDSergeant · December 25, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCRUGGSCorporal · April 5, 1967
- WADDEL EVANSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1967
- JOSEPH LORAN MILLERPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- MICHAEL R HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDREW WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1967
- ISTVAN MOLNARStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1968
- ESTEVAN TORRESMaster Sergeant · March 22, 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.