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ROBERT THOMAS ABINA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 13, 1947 – November 30, 1967
Service recordRobert Thomas Abina, of San Leandro, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 8
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 13, 1947
- Home of record
- San Leandro, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 8
- WARD GUNARD WALTERSergeant · November 29, 1967
- ELEANOR GRACE ALEXANDERCaptain · November 30, 1967
- PETER NEWELL ANDERSONSergeant · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS LESLIE SNIDER BALLLance Corporal · November 30, 1967
From San Leandro
- ROBERT LEWIS ENGBERSONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- CLAE TERRY NORMANPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- LEO CHARLES LAWSONCorporal · July 25, 1966
- ARNOLD BRIAN WALLACEPrivate · January 25, 1967
- KENNETH EDWARD BYERSPrivate · April 4, 1967
- GAYLORD DEAN PETERSENLieutenant Colonel · September 11, 1967
- JOSEPH D DAUGHTON JRPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- HARRY LEWIS BOYLESergeant First Class · July 23, 1968
- RICHARD FRANK WILLIAMSFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- ROBERT DALE TOMLINSONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
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.