Full Name: CHARLES FREDERICK ABENE
Date of Birth: 11/18/1930
Date of Casualty: 11/19/1968
Home of Record: BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY
Branch of Service: MARINE CORPS
Rank: CAPT
Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM
Casualty Province: QUANG NAM
Captain Abene, of Bloomfield, New Jersey, was born on November 18, 1930. He was killed in action in Vietnam on November 19, 1968. He was subsequently returned to the United States where he was buried with full military honors in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery.
ABENE, CHARLES F
CAPT USMC
- DATE OF BIRTH: 11/18/1930
- DATE OF DEATH: 11/19/1968
- BURIED AT: SECTION 2 SITE 1034-D
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
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