Benjamin Louis Abramowitz Collection

Biographical Information

Name:

Benjamin Louis Abramowitz

State of Birth:

NJ

Home State:

FL

Gender

Male

Race

White

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War or Conflict

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Military Status

Veteran

Dates of Service

1955-1983

Entrance into Service

Commissioned

Branch of Service

Army

Unit of Service

7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division; 1st Aviation Company, 1st Infantry Division; 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division; 82nd Aviation Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division

Location of Service

Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Rucker, Alabama; Fort Riley, Kansas; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Washington, DC; Germany; Korea; Vietnam

Battles/Campaigns

Easter Offensive 1972

Highest Rank

Colonel

Prisoner of War

No

Service History Note

The veteran also served with the 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment; 11th Aviation Group, 1st Cavalry Division; 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He served as Army Chief of Standardization; Regimental Senior Advisor to the 8th Regiment, Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN); on the faculty at the United States Army Command and General Staff College; and as a professor of military science at Lehigh University, Air Command, 3rd ROTC Region.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview

Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] -- Typewritten document

Interviewer:

Burton Bice

Contributor:

Louis Rodriguez

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

American Red Cross, Tampa Bay Chapter, Central Florida Region

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/106844

Subjects:

Abramowitz, Benjamin Louis

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal Narratives

United States. Army.

Cite as:

Benjamin Louis Abramowitz Collection
(AFC/2001/001/106844), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress