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ROBERT WILLIAM ABBOTT
Major · U.S. Air Force
October 19, 1920 – December 17, 1965
Service recordRobert William Abbott, of Delmar, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 17, 1965, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 19
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- October 19, 1920
- Home of record
- Delmar, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1965
- Age
- 45
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1965; nine of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 19
- JESSE FRANK MORGANSergeant · December 16, 1965
- RONALD PAUL SISSONLance Corporal · December 16, 1965
- GRAYSON JERALD WESTSergeant First Class · December 16, 1965
- ROBERT LLOYD ABERNATHYMajor · December 17, 1965
From Delmar
- HENRY IRVING KLEIN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1966
- RICHARD ABBOTT KIBBEYColonel · February 6, 1967
- DEAN BROOKS ALLENFirst Lieutenant · July 18, 1969
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.