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Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965.
Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965. Photo: SP5 Allan K. Holm, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Leo Bert Abramoski.

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LEO BERT ABRAMOSKI

Captain · U.S. Army

February 7, 1933 – July 28, 1964

Service record

Leo Bert Abramoski, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 1E · Line 59

Position of Panel 1E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Captain (CPT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Ranger, Combat Engineer Unit Commander (81331)
Unit (as recorded)
SD 5291 AV TM MACV
Born
February 7, 1933
Home of record
Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 28, 1964
Age
31
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

Four names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1964. In July 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 1E, Line 59

From Detroit

All 525 names from Detroit →

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.