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EDWARD DONALD ABBOTT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 8, 1949 – May 6, 1968
Service recordEdward Donald Abbott, of Yuba City, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 37
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Yuba City, California (Sutter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 37
- JERRY ALAN WYMANSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- RONALD JOHN ZIEMANNLance Corporal · May 5, 1968
- TERRY HOWARD ALDERSONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE LEE ALDRICHSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID AZORESergeant · Panel 55E, Line 38
- ANGEL LUIS BURGOS-CRUZADOPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 2
- ROBERT LEE CLAMPFFERCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 2
- BENJAMIN LOWELL HINNANTSergeant First Class · Panel 56E, Line 8
- HAYWOOD JOHNSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 9
- TERRENCE EUGENE KOHLBECKSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 11
- EARNEST LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 12
- TERRY LEE MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 12
- STANLEY JOSEPH VOSSENSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 17
From Yuba City
- JOHN PATRICK EYNONSpecialist Four · October 4, 1966
- DONALD RAY CHRISTYCorporal · June 2, 1967
- MERL WAYNE FERGUSONSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- FRANK JOHN DEMARCOStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- RONNIE JOE ESKEWSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- LESLIE LEROY MCCORKLECorporal · May 14, 1969
- FRANK D RYAN JRSergeant · April 10, 1970
- MANUEL GOMEZGUTIERREZSpecialist Five · July 31, 1971
- STEPHEN LOUIS RAYBURNSpecialist Four · December 24, 1972
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.