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JOHN WILLIAM ABBOTT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 23, 1945 – May 25, 1969
Service recordJohn William Abbott, of Hammond, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 100
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- July 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Hammond, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 100
- FARRELL JAMES VICESpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- GARY ANTHONY WALLACEPrivate First Class · May 24, 1969
- RONALD ALLEN YASHACKPrivate First Class · May 24, 1969
- KENNETH WILSON YOUNGSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
From Hammond
- DONALD RAY VINSONSergeant · July 14, 1965
- JAMES EDMUND KEELERCorporal · March 19, 1966
- BENNY EDWARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- JAMES RONALD SECHRESTPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- GARY STEPHEN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
- HENRY JOSEPH MARKOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE CZARNYLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- BERNARD MERLE LUSKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROBERT KESSLERSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN MICHALAKAirman · February 4, 1968
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.