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JOHN ABBOTT
Captain · U.S. Navy
August 20, 1927 – April 20, 1966
Service recordJohn Abbott, of San Diego, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on April 20, 1966, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 124
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- August 20, 1927
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 20, 1966
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 124
- FAMOUS LEE LANEPrivate First Class · April 20, 1966
- LAWRENCE VINCENT PETERSStaff Sergeant · April 20, 1966
- JIMMIE LEE PLUMLEYPrivate First Class · April 20, 1966
- RONALD VINCENT SILBERSACKCorporal · April 20, 1966
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.