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GUY FRANCIS ABBOTT
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1939 – February 23, 1969
Service recordGuy Francis Abbott, of Manitou Springs, Colorado, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 87
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 26, 1939
- Home of record
- Manitou Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 30 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 87
- KYLE ASHCOM ADDAIRFirst Lieutenant · February 23, 1969
- WILFORD HARLESS ALDERMANSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- ARTHUR JAMES ANDERSONSergeant · February 23, 1969
- HENRY LEWIS ASHFORDCorporal · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KYLE ASHCOM ADDAIRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 87
- ROBERT LLOYD BENNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 89
- JAMES BERENDSSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 90
- KEVIN FRANCIS CREGONSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 94
- ABEL JOSEPH DELA PAZPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 95
- EARNEST WILMER GRAHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 1
- EDWARD LOUIS GRIGGS IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 2
- GREGORY THAYER LINDSAYSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 8
- LOUIS VINCENT MARCIANOSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 9
- JESSE BARRERA MONTEZCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 13
- DALE ALLEN NICHOLLSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 13
- RICHARD EMIL OLSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 31W, Line 14
- CHARLES RAY ORNSBEYCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 14
- DANIEL LOYD POFFSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 16
- MYRON EDWIN RHUECorporal · Panel 31W, Line 17
- BOBBY SANDERSONSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 20
- LARRY RAY SHORTSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 21
- DARRYL WAYNE SHUSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 21
- EDWARD BERNARD STEELESergeant First Class · Panel 31W, Line 23
- DAVID HARRY SUNDQUISTSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 25
- PAUL HENRY TOBERSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 27
- CHARLIE LARRY WILDERSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 30
- RONALD JAMES WILKINSONSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 30
From Manitou Springs
- BURKE HENDERSON MORGANMajor · August 22, 1967
- DONALD PAUL LOCKWOODStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1971
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.