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MIGUEL A ABREU-BATISTA JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 21, 1948 – May 8, 1968
Service recordMiguel A Abreu-Batista JR, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 34
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Executive Administrative Assistant (71C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 21, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; nine of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 34
- ROBERT ESTEN ABBOTT JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- DALE CHARLES ANDREWSLance Corporal · May 8, 1968
- RONALD NEIL BANKSTONSergeant · May 8, 1968
- GARY EDWARD CANAPPCorporal · May 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOE CARRILLO JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56E, Line 35
- STEVEN JAMES PRESCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 8
- JEFFERY MICHAEL QUIRKSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 9
- JAMES SAMUEL SINGLETARYSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 10
- MICHAEL HENRY STEWARTCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 10
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.