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LEWIS HERBERT ABRAMS
Colonel · U.S. Marine Corps
August 17, 1929 – November 25, 1967
Service recordLewis Herbert Abrams, of Montclair, New Jersey, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on November 25, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 83
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
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Colonel, Naval Aviator/Naval Flight Officer (9907)
- Born
- August 17, 1929
- Home of record
- Montclair, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 25, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 30E, Line 83
- GEORGE ROJAS YCOCOSeaman · November 24, 1967
- CARL RAY BARNHARTPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- BORIS FRANZ M BORENSTEINCorporal · November 25, 1967
- JAMES FREDERICK BROWNPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
From Montclair
- JAMES LUTHER RICKSPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DONALD WILLIAM BRUCH JRFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1966
- RICHARD LEE CARLSONCorporal · December 28, 1967
- JOHNNIE BEE ESPYCorporal · June 7, 1968
- HUGH COYLEStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1968
- DAVID BRUCE FREEDLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
- BRUCE SEARIGHT MCFADYENLieutenant · January 17, 1969
- ALFRED BARNESLieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1969
- LAWRENCE COPPEDGESpecialist Four · June 10, 1969
- ROBERT LABUDDE ASMUTH JRFirst Lieutenant · July 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.