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PAUL LEONARD ABRAHAM
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 13, 1947 – May 2, 1968
Service recordPaul Leonard Abraham, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa 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 53E, Line 44
- RICHARD FRANKLIN ABSHIRESergeant · May 2, 1968
- JAMES SHERWOOD ALLPORTPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- RALPH TOMMY ANDERSONLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR ANSELL JRPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEON GONZA HAMILTON JRCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 8
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HUGHESPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 9
- RICHARD HERBERT NALEYSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 14
- MARK JOSEPH ROMANPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 16
- DENNIS STEVEN TOTCOFFCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 19
- JULIUS LEMUEL WALKER JRCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 20
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
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.