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JOHN ALAN ABRAMS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 20, 1946 – January 9, 1967
Service recordJohn Alan Abrams, of Centralia, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 9, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 129
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Centralia, Illinois (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 129
- FENNELL TATEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- NATHAN C WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- JAMES RAYMOND ARTHURSpecialist Four · January 9, 1967
- ROBERT W BARTON JRPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
From Centralia
- MICKEY RAY GRABLECorporal · July 25, 1966
- BILLY DALE JACKSONPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- RICHARD EARL GITHENSSpecialist Four · May 29, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM HARRISLieutenant · September 23, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL WIKESpecialist Four · February 26, 1970
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.