Abrams, Samuel, Jr., SSG

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Staff Sergeant

Last Service Branch
Field Artillery

Last Primary MOS
13B40-Cannon Crewmember

Last MOS Group
Field Artillery (Enlisted)

Primary Unit
1968-1969, 13B40, A Battery, 1st Battalion, 30th Artillery

Service Years
1961 - 1969

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Florida

Year of Birth
1941

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Casualty Info

Home Town Tampa, FL	Last Address Tampa, FL

Casualty Date Aug 12, 1969
Cause Hostile, Died	Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location Tay Ninh (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Shady Grove Cemetery - Tampa, Florida	Wall/Plot Coordinates 19W, 7

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1969, Vietnam Veterans Memorial [Verified] - Assoc. Page
	2018, The National Gold Star Family Registry

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Vietnam War/Summer-Fall 1969 Campaign
From Month/Year June / 1969	To Month/Year October / 1969
Description This campaign was from 9 June to 31 October 1969. During the summer and fall of 1969, conduct of operations was increasingly turned over to Vietnamese, US troops withdrew in greater numbers amid reaffirmations of support for the Republic of South Vietnam government. President Nixon announced the reduction of the U.S. military presence in South Vietnam which would be demonstrated initially by the withdrawal of 25,000 troops by 31 August 1969. American troop strength had peaked at 543,400 in April 1969 but dropped to 505,500 by mid October. More scattered than before, enemy attacks were concentrated on South Vietnamese positions. U.S. combat deaths were down in the early fall as American units switched to small unit actions. The trend was not constant, however, because U.S. troops deaths which had fallen well below l00 a week in the fall, rose above 100 later in the year.

My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year June / 1969	To Month/Year October / 1969

Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020

Personal Memories

Units Participated in Operation
1st Cavalry Division
1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment
630th Military Police Company
18th Military Police Brigade
16th Military Police Group
545th Military Police Company
300th Military Police Company
212th Military Police Company
66th Military Police Company
272nd Military Police Company
716th Military Police Battalion
23rd Military Police Company
504th Military Police Battalion
218th Military Police Company
22nd Military Police Battalion (CID)
194th Military Police Company
1st Military Police Company, 1st Infantry Division
615th Military Police Company
720th Military Police Battalion
95th Military Police Battalion
127th Military Police Company
154th Transportation Company
552nd Military Police Company
23rd Military Police Company, 503rd Military Police Battalion (Airborne)
4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment
557th Military Police Company
101st Military Police Company
93rd Military Police Battalion