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JAMES LYNN ABLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 15, 1949 – May 22, 1970
Service recordJames Lynn Abler, of Royal, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1970, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 77
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Royal, Iowa (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1970; four of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 77
- BRUCE JOSEPH NICHOLSSpecialist Four · May 21, 1970
- JOE DON RAMEYSpecialist Five · May 21, 1970
- JON WILLIAM RICHSergeant · May 21, 1970
- WARREN LEE SCANLAN JRSergeant · May 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR PINA ADAMESergeant · Panel 10W, Line 78
- JOSEPH MICHAEL HARTLSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 79
- RICHARD ANDREW LARSONCaptain · Panel 10W, Line 81
- JOHN CHARLES REILLYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 81
- RICHARD WAYNE MEHLHAFFPrivate · Panel 10W, Line 82
- RICHARD DEAN NELSONCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 82
- RONALD RAY SAGERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 83
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.