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MICHAEL JOHN ABRUZZESA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 27, 1944 – September 7, 1968
Service recordMichael John Abruzzesa JR, of Valley Stream, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 59
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Valley Stream, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 59
- RALPH JAMES LUNDTechnical Sergeant · September 6, 1968
- DONALD MELVEN WILBANKSCorporal · September 6, 1968
- CAROL EDWARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE WOOLBRIGHTPrivate · September 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WAYNE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 62
- MICHAEL ANTHONY FAULKNERSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 64
- GEORGE DENNIS TAYLORCaptain · Panel 45W, Line 64
From Valley Stream
- RICHARD EDWARD GIDEONSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES REITHMANNSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- ALBERT FRANCIS LUPOLI JRSergeant · July 1, 1968
- MICHAEL CHARLES SAPORITOSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- ANGELO ANDREW PETRAGLIASpecialist Four · December 18, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL WALSHFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM NELSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- HERBERT HUGH DILGERLieutenant · October 2, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MONTAGUEStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1970
- WILLIAM FRANCIS REICHERTCaptain · January 27, 1971
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.