MICHAEL JOHN ABRUZZESA

Battery A 4/42 Artillery

4th Infantry Division

KIA 09/07/1968

Age: 24
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth May 27, 1944
From: VALLEY STREAM, NY
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single

PFC - E3 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 13E20: Cannon Fire Direction Specialist
Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Jun 4, 1968
Casualty was on Sep 7, 1968
In QUANG DUC, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered

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Michael Abruzzesa was killed in action while on Operation Mac Arthur/Binh Tay,
during a sapper attack on FSB Lance, at grid reference YU887714, approximately
4 kilometers south/southwest of Duc Lap airfield.

PFC Michael Abruzzesa's decorations

Michael is also eligible to receive the Conspicuous Service Cross
from the State of New York

Burial:
Long Island National Cemetery
Farmingdale
Suffolk County
New York, USA
Plot: Section 2B Site 2005

Grave marker for Michael J. Abruzzesa

Photo by Glenn from the Find A Grave website

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