THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service and your sacrifice. Thank you for stepping up and answering your country's call. Rest easy knowing you will never be forgotten.

On behalf of all the paratroopers who served with you in the 173rd Airborne Brigade (Separate) and all who followed, we offer our respect and remembrance of your ultimate sacrifice. May you never be forgotten and your family and friends take comfort in your valor in serving.

Daniel Owen Abernathy
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PERSONAL DATA:
Home of Record: Burlington, NJ
Date of birth: 11/01/1946
MILITARY DATA:
Service Branch: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: O2
Rank: First Lieutenant
Promotion Note: None
ID No: O5247990
MOS or Specialty: 1203: Tank Unit Commander
Length Service: 02
Unit: A CO, 1ST BN, 50TH INFANTRY, 173RD ABN BDE, USARV
CASUALTY DATA:
Start Tour: 04/27/1968
Incident Date: 08/24/1968
Casualty Date: 08/24/1968
Age at Loss: 21
Location: Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Multiple fragmentation wounds
Status Date: Not Applicable; was not MIA
Status Change: Not Applicable; was not MIA
Repatriated: Not Applicable; was not MIA
Identified: Not Applicable; was not MIA
URL: www.VirtualWall.org/da/AbernathyDO01a.htm
Data accessed: 10/30/2017

Dear Lieutenant Abernathy,

I may not have known you, but I respect you.

REST IN PEACE.

First Lieutenant Daniel Owen Abernathy, Served with Company A, 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade.