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PAUL DENNIS ABBOTT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 22, 1948 – October 28, 1967
Service recordPaul Dennis Abbott, of Siren, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 89
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Siren, Wisconsin (Burnett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- 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 October 28, 1967; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 89
- ROGER DALE WILFONGStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT ALTON WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- MICHAEL ZARBOCorporal · October 27, 1967
- DAVID BAKERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS SAMUEL CLEMSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 90
- RANDY RALPH COGDILLPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 90
- DAVID JOHN DONAHOECorporal · Panel 28E, Line 90
- JOHNNY HANS LEBOFFSergeant First Class · Panel 28E, Line 92
- JOSEPH ROBERT NORRISCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 93
From Siren
- GERALD LOREN KUHNLYSpecialist Five · December 28, 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.