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Home State
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Year of Birth
1920 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
A1C Douglas Freeman (Sundown)
to remember
Abbott, Robert William, Maj.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Delmar, NY |
Last Address
Tan Son Nhut, AB
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Casualty Date
Dec 17, 1965 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died while Missing |
Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land |
Location
Ninh Thuan (Vietnam) |
Conflict
Vietnam War |
Location of Interment
Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, Virginia |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
04E 019 |
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Last Known Activity
Major Abbot was the pilot of an AC-47 with the 4th Air Commando Squadron (ACS), 6250th Combat Support Group, 13th Air Force, Tan Son Nhut AB.
The 4th Air Commando Squadron lost their first aircraft, AC-47D (#43-49492), on a courier flight between Tan Son Nhut and Phan Rang on 17 Dec 1965.
The wreckage was located on 23 December and the bodies of the nine men (four 4th ACS flight crew members and 5 passengers) on board the aircraft were recovered.
Crew: 4th Air Commando Squadron
Major Robert William Abbot (Pilot)
Major Robert Lloyd Abernathy (Copilot)
1st Lt Francis Richard Buckley (Navigator)
A1C Claude Wesley Mathews (Flt Eng)
Passengers: 12th Civil Engineer Squadron
TSgt John Monroe Chappell
TSgt Thomas Newton Sloan,
SSgt Ralph Leon Hinson
A1C Johnson Ashley Meade
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Comments/Citation
Not Specified
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