In loving memory of... PFC Michael John Abruzzesa, Jr..
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
MICHAEL JOHN ABRUZZESA - Army - PFC - E3
Age: 24
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth May 27, 1944
From: VALLEY STREAM, NY
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father, Michael John Abruzzesa, Sr., Born Sept. 20, 1914 and Mother, . Both from Valley Stream, New York. Has NO children. Cousin, Leonard Abruzzese
***** Michael Abruzzesa's life was just starting to come together. He was studying architecture. A career he long desired. He was also very artistic, pen and ink drawings were his specialty. And his Corvette convertible was his joy. He loved that car. Then, in early 1968 he was drafted into the US Army. He did not have the money to continue college and get a school deferment form the draft. He felt he could serve his country and then qualify for the GI Bill to pay for school. He went to Vietnam in June of 1968 and was Killed in Action in September. He is still missed by many people whom he brought joy and laughter to everyday. He will always remain in our hearts.
Lawrence J. Abruzzesa
***** Dear Michael, Seems like yesterday we were hanging out together, girl watching, partying up a storm, and talking till the wee hours of the morning in your cool Corvette about what we'll be when we grow up!Best friends for sure! While I was in HS, you took me to Nassau Community College for an evening engineering class - my first time in college. With brawn and brains, you shared the wisdom of an 'older brother', so sincere, and deeply loyal. Each and every night you are in my prayers and daily thoughts. Thanks for your Supreme Sacrifice at a time when it was popular to say, 'No'. You were indeed my closest friend to have never been replaced. It seems just like yesterday we were at the 'CSI', downing a few beers and planning our next move. Thanks for letting me sleep in your car for a week while trying to figure out where I was going in life. Little did I know that next stop would be Vietnam. Never got to say 'Goodbye my Brother' before I shipped out and your 'passing on', and for that.....it hurts to this day. Your sacrifice and service to our country will always be remembered. Take care of my son Damon who is with you now, and prepare a very cool place for the rest of us waiting till we meet again. Thank you forever and a day..... Your Rock-n-Roll 24/7 Brother Chris Argento USA 66-67 VIETNAM 'Here memory loves to linger....and in loving, lingers long'(Ukn).
Chris Argento
***** Michael was my last true friend, I had two, and both were taken while serving in Vietnam. God takes those who are angels. He was easy to get along with, loved to party, dance, go to the beach, dance, joke, drink socially, and guy-talk in his 1962 Vet till the early morning hours. Thanks Mike, for letting me sleep in your car for one week, for all our talks, for listening and helping me grow up. Mike, very intelligent, went to college and did not have to join the Army - He did not look for trouble - but did not back down either. You know Michael, on this day, I lost you, my best friend, who was to be Best Man at my wedding. Never has anyone replaced our friendship we shared.I love you my Brother, and you are remembered every day in my prayers - not ever missing a night. Thanks for walking beside me every day as My Guardian Angel, and at my other side, another Guardian Angel, Andy Giordiano, USMC. (RIP 9-67)
Till We Meet Again,
Chris ArgentoUSA Vietnam 66-67
***** In memory of the following students of VS Central who made the supreme sacrifice: VIETNAM: Michael J. Abruzzesa, Jr.
PFC - E3 - Army - 4th Infantry Division
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
Panel 45W - Line 59
On Sept. 7, 1968, PFC Michael John Abruzzesa, Jr. died from wound received while in Base camp when engaged hostile forces in firefight.
His body was recovered.
***********************************************
Newsday, 5/8/98
IN THE TWO decades since he returned from Vietnam, Bob Kurtz never dared confirm what he feared had become of Michael Abruzzesa Jr., a classmate from Valley Stream Central High School who had been listed as missing in action.
"Sometimes you don't want to know," he said last night, wearing a blue cap that said "I Served With Pride" as he stood by himself in front of a mobile replica of the Vietnam Memorial brought to Valley Stream's village green,
where it will be on display through Sunday.
Kurtz had never visited the original wall in Washington, D.C., but he felt compelled to see this one, only three blocks from his house. Reading through the program that listed all who died in the war, he quickly came across that
of his schoolmate. Seeing it sent him visibly shaking.
"I kind of thought in my heart he had probably died. This confirms it," Kurtz, 50, said.
Yesterday's arrival of the half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall turned on its head Gen. Douglas MacArthur's famous parting words that "Old soldiers never die; they just fade away." For the survivors
who came to gaze, it was the painful memories of those who died in Vietnam that have never dissipated over the 18 years since America's most ill-fated war ended.
Hundreds of veterans, relatives and friends of soldiers came to gaze at the wall yesterday, which memorializes 58,202 people who died, including 13 men from Valley Stream.
*********************************************
NYPD Commissioner Gives Speech At War Memorial
Written by Christy Hinko Friday, 10 August 2012 00:00
Nassau County hosts Vietnam War Memorial replica
Last week, on Thursday, Aug. 2 a scaled-down replica of the national monument was presented to the public for a temporary display at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow.
Nassasu County veterans are listed by last name, panel—row, service branch, and home of record (home of record is not necessarily birthplace or residence):
Abruzzesa, Michael John Jr, 45W—59, Army, Valley Stream
*********************************************
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You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
MICHAEL JOHN ABRUZZESA - Army - PFC - E3
Age: 24
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth May 27, 1944
From: VALLEY STREAM, NY
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father, Michael John Abruzzesa, Sr., Born Sept. 20, 1914 and Mother, . Both from Valley Stream, New York. Has NO children. Cousin, Leonard Abruzzese
***** Michael Abruzzesa's life was just starting to come together. He was studying architecture. A career he long desired. He was also very artistic, pen and ink drawings were his specialty. And his Corvette convertible was his joy. He loved that car. Then, in early 1968 he was drafted into the US Army. He did not have the money to continue college and get a school deferment form the draft. He felt he could serve his country and then qualify for the GI Bill to pay for school. He went to Vietnam in June of 1968 and was Killed in Action in September. He is still missed by many people whom he brought joy and laughter to everyday. He will always remain in our hearts.
Lawrence J. Abruzzesa
***** Dear Michael, Seems like yesterday we were hanging out together, girl watching, partying up a storm, and talking till the wee hours of the morning in your cool Corvette about what we'll be when we grow up!Best friends for sure! While I was in HS, you took me to Nassau Community College for an evening engineering class - my first time in college. With brawn and brains, you shared the wisdom of an 'older brother', so sincere, and deeply loyal. Each and every night you are in my prayers and daily thoughts. Thanks for your Supreme Sacrifice at a time when it was popular to say, 'No'. You were indeed my closest friend to have never been replaced. It seems just like yesterday we were at the 'CSI', downing a few beers and planning our next move. Thanks for letting me sleep in your car for a week while trying to figure out where I was going in life. Little did I know that next stop would be Vietnam. Never got to say 'Goodbye my Brother' before I shipped out and your 'passing on', and for that.....it hurts to this day. Your sacrifice and service to our country will always be remembered. Take care of my son Damon who is with you now, and prepare a very cool place for the rest of us waiting till we meet again. Thank you forever and a day..... Your Rock-n-Roll 24/7 Brother Chris Argento USA 66-67 VIETNAM 'Here memory loves to linger....and in loving, lingers long'(Ukn).
Chris Argento
***** Michael was my last true friend, I had two, and both were taken while serving in Vietnam. God takes those who are angels. He was easy to get along with, loved to party, dance, go to the beach, dance, joke, drink socially, and guy-talk in his 1962 Vet till the early morning hours. Thanks Mike, for letting me sleep in your car for one week, for all our talks, for listening and helping me grow up. Mike, very intelligent, went to college and did not have to join the Army - He did not look for trouble - but did not back down either. You know Michael, on this day, I lost you, my best friend, who was to be Best Man at my wedding. Never has anyone replaced our friendship we shared.I love you my Brother, and you are remembered every day in my prayers - not ever missing a night. Thanks for walking beside me every day as My Guardian Angel, and at my other side, another Guardian Angel, Andy Giordiano, USMC. (RIP 9-67)
Till We Meet Again,
Chris ArgentoUSA Vietnam 66-67
***** In memory of the following students of VS Central who made the supreme sacrifice: VIETNAM: Michael J. Abruzzesa, Jr.
PFC - E3 - Army - 4th Infantry Division
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
Panel 45W - Line 59
On Sept. 7, 1968, PFC Michael John Abruzzesa, Jr. died from wound received while in Base camp when engaged hostile forces in firefight.
His body was recovered.
***********************************************
Newsday, 5/8/98
IN THE TWO decades since he returned from Vietnam, Bob Kurtz never dared confirm what he feared had become of Michael Abruzzesa Jr., a classmate from Valley Stream Central High School who had been listed as missing in action.
"Sometimes you don't want to know," he said last night, wearing a blue cap that said "I Served With Pride" as he stood by himself in front of a mobile replica of the Vietnam Memorial brought to Valley Stream's village green,
where it will be on display through Sunday.
Kurtz had never visited the original wall in Washington, D.C., but he felt compelled to see this one, only three blocks from his house. Reading through the program that listed all who died in the war, he quickly came across that
of his schoolmate. Seeing it sent him visibly shaking.
"I kind of thought in my heart he had probably died. This confirms it," Kurtz, 50, said.
Yesterday's arrival of the half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall turned on its head Gen. Douglas MacArthur's famous parting words that "Old soldiers never die; they just fade away." For the survivors
who came to gaze, it was the painful memories of those who died in Vietnam that have never dissipated over the 18 years since America's most ill-fated war ended.
Hundreds of veterans, relatives and friends of soldiers came to gaze at the wall yesterday, which memorializes 58,202 people who died, including 13 men from Valley Stream.
*********************************************
NYPD Commissioner Gives Speech At War Memorial
Written by Christy Hinko Friday, 10 August 2012 00:00
Nassau County hosts Vietnam War Memorial replica
Last week, on Thursday, Aug. 2 a scaled-down replica of the national monument was presented to the public for a temporary display at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow.
Nassasu County veterans are listed by last name, panel—row, service branch, and home of record (home of record is not necessarily birthplace or residence):
Abruzzesa, Michael John Jr, 45W—59, Army, Valley Stream
*********************************************
.
In loving memory of... PFC Michael John Abruzzesa, Jr..
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
MICHAEL JOHN ABRUZZESA - Army - PFC - E3
Age: 24
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth May 27, 1944
From: VALLEY STREAM, NY
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father, Michael John Abruzzesa, Sr., Born Sept. 20, 1914 and Mother, . Both from Valley Stream, New York. Has NO children. Cousin, Leonard Abruzzese
***** Michael Abruzzesa's life was just starting to come together. He was studying architecture. A career he long desired. He was also very artistic, pen and ink drawings were his specialty. And his Corvette convertible was his joy. He loved that car. Then, in early 1968 he was drafted into the US Army. He did not have the money to continue college and get a school deferment form the draft. He felt he could serve his country and then qualify for the GI Bill to pay for school. He went to Vietnam in June of 1968 and was Killed in Action in September. He is still missed by many people whom he brought joy and laughter to everyday. He will always remain in our hearts.
Lawrence J. Abruzzesa
***** Dear Michael, Seems like yesterday we were hanging out together, girl watching, partying up a storm, and talking till the wee hours of the morning in your cool Corvette about what we'll be when we grow up!Best friends for sure! While I was in HS, you took me to Nassau Community College for an evening engineering class - my first time in college. With brawn and brains, you shared the wisdom of an 'older brother', so sincere, and deeply loyal. Each and every night you are in my prayers and daily thoughts. Thanks for your Supreme Sacrifice at a time when it was popular to say, 'No'. You were indeed my closest friend to have never been replaced. It seems just like yesterday we were at the 'CSI', downing a few beers and planning our next move. Thanks for letting me sleep in your car for a week while trying to figure out where I was going in life. Little did I know that next stop would be Vietnam. Never got to say 'Goodbye my Brother' before I shipped out and your 'passing on', and for that.....it hurts to this day. Your sacrifice and service to our country will always be remembered. Take care of my son Damon who is with you now, and prepare a very cool place for the rest of us waiting till we meet again. Thank you forever and a day..... Your Rock-n-Roll 24/7 Brother Chris Argento USA 66-67 VIETNAM 'Here memory loves to linger....and in loving, lingers long'(Ukn).
Chris Argento
***** Michael was my last true friend, I had two, and both were taken while serving in Vietnam. God takes those who are angels. He was easy to get along with, loved to party, dance, go to the beach, dance, joke, drink socially, and guy-talk in his 1962 Vet till the early morning hours. Thanks Mike, for letting me sleep in your car for one week, for all our talks, for listening and helping me grow up. Mike, very intelligent, went to college and did not have to join the Army - He did not look for trouble - but did not back down either. You know Michael, on this day, I lost you, my best friend, who was to be Best Man at my wedding. Never has anyone replaced our friendship we shared.I love you my Brother, and you are remembered every day in my prayers - not ever missing a night. Thanks for walking beside me every day as My Guardian Angel, and at my other side, another Guardian Angel, Andy Giordiano, USMC. (RIP 9-67)
Till We Meet Again,
Chris ArgentoUSA Vietnam 66-67
***** In memory of the following students of VS Central who made the supreme sacrifice: VIETNAM: Michael J. Abruzzesa, Jr.
PFC - E3 - Army - 4th Infantry Division
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
Panel 45W - Line 59
On Sept. 7, 1968, PFC Michael John Abruzzesa, Jr. died from wound received while in Base camp when engaged hostile forces in firefight.
His body was recovered.
***********************************************
Newsday, 5/8/98
IN THE TWO decades since he returned from Vietnam, Bob Kurtz never dared confirm what he feared had become of Michael Abruzzesa Jr., a classmate from Valley Stream Central High School who had been listed as missing in action.
"Sometimes you don't want to know," he said last night, wearing a blue cap that said "I Served With Pride" as he stood by himself in front of a mobile replica of the Vietnam Memorial brought to Valley Stream's village green,
where it will be on display through Sunday.
Kurtz had never visited the original wall in Washington, D.C., but he felt compelled to see this one, only three blocks from his house. Reading through the program that listed all who died in the war, he quickly came across that
of his schoolmate. Seeing it sent him visibly shaking.
"I kind of thought in my heart he had probably died. This confirms it," Kurtz, 50, said.
Yesterday's arrival of the half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall turned on its head Gen. Douglas MacArthur's famous parting words that "Old soldiers never die; they just fade away." For the survivors
who came to gaze, it was the painful memories of those who died in Vietnam that have never dissipated over the 18 years since America's most ill-fated war ended.
Hundreds of veterans, relatives and friends of soldiers came to gaze at the wall yesterday, which memorializes 58,202 people who died, including 13 men from Valley Stream.
*********************************************
NYPD Commissioner Gives Speech At War Memorial
Written by Christy Hinko Friday, 10 August 2012 00:00
Nassau County hosts Vietnam War Memorial replica
Last week, on Thursday, Aug. 2 a scaled-down replica of the national monument was presented to the public for a temporary display at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow.
Nassasu County veterans are listed by last name, panel—row, service branch, and home of record (home of record is not necessarily birthplace or residence):
Abruzzesa, Michael John Jr, 45W—59, Army, Valley Stream
*********************************************
.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
MICHAEL JOHN ABRUZZESA - Army - PFC - E3
Age: 24
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth May 27, 1944
From: VALLEY STREAM, NY
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father, Michael John Abruzzesa, Sr., Born Sept. 20, 1914 and Mother, . Both from Valley Stream, New York. Has NO children. Cousin, Leonard Abruzzese
***** Michael Abruzzesa's life was just starting to come together. He was studying architecture. A career he long desired. He was also very artistic, pen and ink drawings were his specialty. And his Corvette convertible was his joy. He loved that car. Then, in early 1968 he was drafted into the US Army. He did not have the money to continue college and get a school deferment form the draft. He felt he could serve his country and then qualify for the GI Bill to pay for school. He went to Vietnam in June of 1968 and was Killed in Action in September. He is still missed by many people whom he brought joy and laughter to everyday. He will always remain in our hearts.
Lawrence J. Abruzzesa
***** Dear Michael, Seems like yesterday we were hanging out together, girl watching, partying up a storm, and talking till the wee hours of the morning in your cool Corvette about what we'll be when we grow up!Best friends for sure! While I was in HS, you took me to Nassau Community College for an evening engineering class - my first time in college. With brawn and brains, you shared the wisdom of an 'older brother', so sincere, and deeply loyal. Each and every night you are in my prayers and daily thoughts. Thanks for your Supreme Sacrifice at a time when it was popular to say, 'No'. You were indeed my closest friend to have never been replaced. It seems just like yesterday we were at the 'CSI', downing a few beers and planning our next move. Thanks for letting me sleep in your car for a week while trying to figure out where I was going in life. Little did I know that next stop would be Vietnam. Never got to say 'Goodbye my Brother' before I shipped out and your 'passing on', and for that.....it hurts to this day. Your sacrifice and service to our country will always be remembered. Take care of my son Damon who is with you now, and prepare a very cool place for the rest of us waiting till we meet again. Thank you forever and a day..... Your Rock-n-Roll 24/7 Brother Chris Argento USA 66-67 VIETNAM 'Here memory loves to linger....and in loving, lingers long'(Ukn).
Chris Argento
***** Michael was my last true friend, I had two, and both were taken while serving in Vietnam. God takes those who are angels. He was easy to get along with, loved to party, dance, go to the beach, dance, joke, drink socially, and guy-talk in his 1962 Vet till the early morning hours. Thanks Mike, for letting me sleep in your car for one week, for all our talks, for listening and helping me grow up. Mike, very intelligent, went to college and did not have to join the Army - He did not look for trouble - but did not back down either. You know Michael, on this day, I lost you, my best friend, who was to be Best Man at my wedding. Never has anyone replaced our friendship we shared.I love you my Brother, and you are remembered every day in my prayers - not ever missing a night. Thanks for walking beside me every day as My Guardian Angel, and at my other side, another Guardian Angel, Andy Giordiano, USMC. (RIP 9-67)
Till We Meet Again,
Chris ArgentoUSA Vietnam 66-67
***** In memory of the following students of VS Central who made the supreme sacrifice: VIETNAM: Michael J. Abruzzesa, Jr.
PFC - E3 - Army - 4th Infantry Division
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
Panel 45W - Line 59
On Sept. 7, 1968, PFC Michael John Abruzzesa, Jr. died from wound received while in Base camp when engaged hostile forces in firefight.
His body was recovered.
***********************************************
Newsday, 5/8/98
IN THE TWO decades since he returned from Vietnam, Bob Kurtz never dared confirm what he feared had become of Michael Abruzzesa Jr., a classmate from Valley Stream Central High School who had been listed as missing in action.
"Sometimes you don't want to know," he said last night, wearing a blue cap that said "I Served With Pride" as he stood by himself in front of a mobile replica of the Vietnam Memorial brought to Valley Stream's village green,
where it will be on display through Sunday.
Kurtz had never visited the original wall in Washington, D.C., but he felt compelled to see this one, only three blocks from his house. Reading through the program that listed all who died in the war, he quickly came across that
of his schoolmate. Seeing it sent him visibly shaking.
"I kind of thought in my heart he had probably died. This confirms it," Kurtz, 50, said.
Yesterday's arrival of the half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall turned on its head Gen. Douglas MacArthur's famous parting words that "Old soldiers never die; they just fade away." For the survivors
who came to gaze, it was the painful memories of those who died in Vietnam that have never dissipated over the 18 years since America's most ill-fated war ended.
Hundreds of veterans, relatives and friends of soldiers came to gaze at the wall yesterday, which memorializes 58,202 people who died, including 13 men from Valley Stream.
*********************************************
NYPD Commissioner Gives Speech At War Memorial
Written by Christy Hinko Friday, 10 August 2012 00:00
Nassau County hosts Vietnam War Memorial replica
Last week, on Thursday, Aug. 2 a scaled-down replica of the national monument was presented to the public for a temporary display at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow.
Nassasu County veterans are listed by last name, panel—row, service branch, and home of record (home of record is not necessarily birthplace or residence):
Abruzzesa, Michael John Jr, 45W—59, Army, Valley Stream
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