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GARY LEE ABRAHAMSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 13, 1951 – September 20, 1970
Service recordGary Lee Abrahamson, of Albia, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 75
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 13, 1951
- Home of record
- Albia, Iowa (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 75
- ROGER DALE OVERWEGSergeant · September 19, 1970
- THOMAS ALLEBACH SHIPECorporal · September 19, 1970
- RAYBURN LESTER SMITH IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 19, 1970
- RAYMOND HUGH APELLIDOSpecialist Four · September 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY RUSSELL BUSICKPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 76
From Albia
- HENRY ARTHUR GRETTENPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- MARVIN EDWARD GORDONLance Corporal · September 17, 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.