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JAMES JOSEPH ABRAHAM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 8, 1942 – October 12, 1968
Service recordJames Joseph Abraham, of Duquesne, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 50
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Duquesne, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 50
- J D WALTERSCorporal · October 11, 1968
- MARVIN WESLEY JRSergeant · October 11, 1968
- VIRGIL HENRY WILSON JRPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- RONALD ELI ALINCICPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD ELI ALINCICPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 50
- STEWART CHARLES EMERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 52
From Duquesne
- WESLEY ALLEN MOYLEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- BRUCE JAMES MORANPrivate First Class · January 5, 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.