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WALLACE ADRION ABBOTT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 21, 1946 – November 4, 1966
Service recordWallace Adrion Abbott, of Milan, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 16
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Milan, Tennessee (Gibson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 16
- DONALD THOMAS CASSIDYStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1966
- SAMUEL K SOLOMON JRFirst Sergeant · November 3, 1966
- MILBURN HINES STARNESSergeant · November 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE ADAMS JRSecond Lieutenant · November 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CESARIO CALDERONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 19
From Milan
- ROBERT LEE STANEKCorporal · February 4, 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.