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WILLIAM FORMAN ABERNETHY
Captain · U.S. Army
November 17, 1938 – July 21, 1967
Service recordWilliam Forman Abernethy, of Winter Haven, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 96
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 17, 1938
- Home of record
- Winter Haven, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 96
- DONALD THOMAS STEINBRUNNERMajor · July 20, 1967
- CLYDE J STEPHENSSergeant · July 20, 1967
- GARY FRANK WALLACECaptain · July 20, 1967
- IRVIN GRANT WEYANDTStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH CAMPAPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 97
- JAMES FRANCIS BEANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 98
- ROOSEVELT C CURLEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 98
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DAWSONSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 98
- GEORGE FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 100
- THOMAS FRANCIS GANIONPrivate · Panel 23E, Line 100
- DOUGLAS WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 100
- FRANK DANIEL LEALPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 101
- GARY ALFRED MCLENNANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 102
- BILLY GENE RODGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 104
- RICHARD JAMES SCHUTZSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 104
- PONDER RAY SIMSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 104
- JAMES LEMAR WHITFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 106
From Winter Haven
- GERALD EVERETT OLSONMajor · March 13, 1966
- PETER JOSEPH STEWARTColonel · March 15, 1966
- RICHARD E HOOD JRFirst Lieutenant · June 22, 1967
- JACKIE LEE MELTONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- BILLIE RAY MCCALLSergeant · February 22, 1968
- MAURICE LEO SIROISSergeant · February 29, 1968
- EDWARD ULYSES MASTERSPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY OCONNORLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
- HERBERT MARSHALL ALLENSergeant · June 19, 1968
- JOHN HULSEY HAYSCaptain · November 8, 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.