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GERALD ROBERT ABBENHAUS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 13, 1948 – December 4, 1968
Service recordGerald Robert Abbenhaus JR, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 4, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 13, 1948
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1968. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 38
- LLOYD ARTHUR FEDERCorporal · January 5, 1969
- DAVID DAN FOSTERPrivate First Class · January 5, 1969
- MICHAEL GALEALance Corporal · January 5, 1969
- LEO ALLEN GEORGEPrivate First Class · January 5, 1969
- ERIC STUART GOLDSergeant · January 5, 1969
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.