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JAMES EDWARD ABBOTT
Private · U.S. Army
February 20, 1949 – April 9, 1970
Service recordJames Edward Abbott, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 110
- CRAIG ALDEN VANAKINSpecialist Five · April 8, 1970
- MICHAEL JOSEPH YEAGERPrivate First Class · April 8, 1970
- NICK ALFRED AGUILAR JRCorporal · April 9, 1970
- CHARLES DOUGLAS ANNISLance Corporal · April 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- NICK ALFRED AGUILAR JRCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 110
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
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.