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ROBERT ALEXANDER ABRUZESE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 27, 1949 – December 28, 1969
Service recordRobert Alexander Abruzese, of Hartsdale, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Hartsdale, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 101
- JAMES MURIEL ALDERMANPrivate First Class · December 28, 1969
- WILLIAM LEE BEADNELLPrivate First Class · December 28, 1969
- DONALD JOSEPH BERGERCaptain · December 28, 1969
- WILLIAM LLOYD BUNCHSergeant · December 28, 1969
From Hartsdale
- ROBERT ANTHONY SCHMIDSpecialist Four · August 16, 1966
- THOMAS TAMILIOLance Corporal · February 15, 1967
- REGINALD J SUTHERLANDCorporal · December 10, 1969
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.