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ROBERT ESTEN ABBOTT JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 16, 1944 – May 8, 1968
Service recordRobert Esten Abbott JR, of Pine Lawn, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Pine Lawn, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- 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; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 34
- MIGUEL A ABREU-BATISTA JRCorporal · 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
- GREG ALAN DUBOISPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 1
- ELLIS LOVINE FAIRCLOTHSpecialist Five · Panel 57E, Line 2
- NORMAND EDWARD FONTAINESpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 2
- MICHAEL JOSEPH FORDICorporal · Panel 57E, Line 3
- RICHARD GONZALEZSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 3
- JOHN FRANCIS MORANSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 6
- JOHN WILLIAM VIKTORYN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 11
- ROOSEVELT WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 12
From Pine Lawn
- DONALD LEE NIXONCorporal · March 30, 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.