ABBOTT, JOHN
Remains Returned 1974
Name: John Abbott
Rank/Branch: United States Navy/O5
Unit:
VA-113
Date of Birth: 20 August 1927
Home City of Record: San Diego CA
Date of Loss: 20 Apr 1966
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 18530 North 105370 East
Status (in 1973): KR
Category: 2
Refno: 0138
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: A4C
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action Combat
Casualty File. 2020
REMARKS:
Died in captivity 660427
DRV RETURNED REMAINS 03/13/74
CACCF/PILOT/CRASHED
No further Information Available
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01/2020
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On April 17, 1974, the Central Identification
Laboratory–Thailand (CILT, now DPAA) identified the remains of
Captain John Abbott, missing from the Vietnam War.
Captain Abbott entered the U.S. Navy from California and was a
member of Light Attack Squadron 113, Carrier Air Wing 11. On
April 20, 1966, he piloted an A-4 Skyhawk (bureau number
unknown) that took off from the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) on a
mission over North Vietnam. During the mission, he was hit by
enemy anti-aircraft fire while over the Song Ca River, just
northwest of Vinh. The aircraft's wing caught fire and CAPT
Abbott was forced to eject; he was taken as a prisoner of war
and died in enemy captivity on April 27. The Vietnamese
government later handed over his remains to U.S. custody.
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