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JAMES MICHAEL ABBOTT
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 20, 1948 – April 25, 1969
Service recordJames Michael Abbott, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 42
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 42
- RICHARD LEE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
- GILBERT D ARROYO-BRENESPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
- JAMES H BELFLOWERTechnical Sergeant · April 25, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH HICKEYLance Corporal · April 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EMERY BLADEKSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 43
- JOHN ERNEST DOBASHSpecialist Five · Panel 26W, Line 45
- MICHAEL RODNEY DORMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 45
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.