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JOHN LEON ABRAMS
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
March 16, 1940 – July 13, 1968
Service recordJohn Leon Abrams, of Menomonie, Wisconsin, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 13, 1968, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 21
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- March 16, 1940
- Home of record
- Menomonie, Wisconsin (Dunn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1968; five of them were lost in Ba Xugen Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 21
- NORVELL JOHNATHAN WEBBSpecialist Four · July 12, 1968
- LEONARD ADRIAN BIRDFirst Lieutenant · July 13, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER LEONARD BURTONLance Corporal · July 13, 1968
- STEVEN L BYINGTONSpecialist Four · July 13, 1968
From Menomonie
- FREDERIC CLARENCE STYERSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
- WAYNE MICHAEL HAYESFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1967
- JOHN ROY HULBERTPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- PAUL DAVID DERBYCaptain · November 17, 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.