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DAVID FRANCIS ABBOTT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 27, 1948 – November 2, 1969
Service recordDavid Francis Abbott, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 16
- JOHN EDWARD VANDENBERG JRPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1969
- JOHNNY DEWEY VOLLRATHCorporal · November 1, 1969
- GILBERT EARL WALLACEStaff Sergeant · November 1, 1969
- DONALD GENE WEHRSergeant · November 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LEROY HARRISCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 18
- LEO CLAUDE HESTER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 19
- JAMES FREDERICK SPENCERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 20
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.