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JAMES ESTUS ABSTON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 2, 1944 – February 27, 1967
Service recordJames Estus Abston JR, of Cottondale, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Cottondale, Alabama (Tuscaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 102
- GEORGE THOMAS VOLLMARPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- GEORGE SAMUEL WALTONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- GARY ALAN WEBBSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAXIMO YABESFirst Sergeant · February 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- J H HOUSTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 105
- JOSE REYMUNDO LOZANOPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 107
- OTIS BEVERLEY SINKSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 109
- GORDON RAY TEFTELLERCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 110
- WALTER REED THOMASStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 110
- TRAVIS GARY WALDENSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 111
From Cottondale
- JOHN MARK AVERYGunnery Sergeant · October 30, 1968
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.