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ROOSEVELT ABRAHAM JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 8, 1946 – August 7, 1969
Service recordRoosevelt Abraham JR, of Wilmington, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Wilmington, North Carolina (New Hanover County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 105
- SYLVESTER NELSON JRCorporal · August 6, 1969
- AKKE JANS TIMMER JRSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
- LAWRENCE O WOOLDRIDGESpecialist Five · August 6, 1969
- LEO JOE ADAKAICorporal · August 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEO JOE ADAKAICorporal · Panel 20W, Line 105
- CHARLES LENARD REEFERCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 109
From Wilmington
- MCARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · July 7, 1965
- DONALD RAY PATRICKSpecialist Four · November 14, 1965
- JOSEPH JAMESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- WILBUR RONALD BROWNMajor · February 3, 1966
- AARON BURR JONES JRPrivate · January 13, 1967
- HILDRA MCCOY JRStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- GEORGE D MOTTESergeant First Class · August 20, 1967
- FREDERICK MOLEE LOWE JRPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- WILLIAM OTHELLO MCKOYPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICHARD ARNOLD RUSSPrivate First Class · December 4, 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.