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ROSARIO RUSSEL ABBATE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 11, 1943 – April 17, 1967
Service recordRosario Russel Abbate, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 864 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- August 11, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 38
- DEAN ROGER ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · April 16, 1967
- VINCENT JAMES AGIUSLance Corporal · April 17, 1967
- GARY ARTHUR BILLHIMERPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDREW DISHMANPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.