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JAMES HENRY ABRAM
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 5, 1943 – April 9, 1971
Service recordJames Henry Abram, of Melville, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 114
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Melville, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 114
- WILLIAM RENARD FURRSergeant First Class · April 9, 1971
- WILBUR GREENESergeant First Class · April 9, 1971
- CARROLL BAXTER LILLYLieutenant Colonel · April 9, 1971
- NEWELL F APPLEGATE SRSergeant Major · April 10, 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.