Whitney Dody
dwdody@gmail.com
Granddaughter
Clinton MO 64735 USA
Thank you!
It's always such a blessing to come back and see all of the tributes left! Johnny, I'd love to hear more about your story to share it with my mom and uncle. Feel free to contact me at my email address - dwdody@gmail.com if you see this!
Aug 13, 2014 |
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Johnny Viar
I was the navigator and Maj. Abernathy was the aircraft commander on one of the AC-47s we flew from California to Hawaii to Midway to Wake to Guam to the Philippines to Saigon in Nov. '65. Rest in peace dear hero and brother. Sorry this is so late but I just located this site.
Jul 18, 2014 |
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Roy Spencer
Vietnam Veteran-Air Force Pilot
Lest We Forget Our Heroes
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 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
Dec 17, 2013 |
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Malcolm Kirby
mlkdrk@earthlink.net
USAF Veteran - 191st photo recon.
Vietnam Veterans of America - Chapter 785
Rest in Peace, my Brother. You will not be forgotten...
Sep 3, 2008 |
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manny g
Fellow Veteran 69-70 An Khe
Union Gap, WA. 98903
“You are Remembered”
Peace and condolence, to the family and friends. “He which hath no stomach, to this fight, let him depart. But we in it, shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers!! For he today, that sheds his blood with me, shall always be my brother.” Rest in peace brave soldier, you have not been forgotten. (W.Shakespeare) May God Bless you, for your Sacrifice!!!
Dec 17, 2007 |
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Donald Luke
Spooky Memorial
Major, Robert Abernathy, was a member of an AC-47D, Spooky, gunship crew, when his loss occurred.
Sep 9, 2007 |
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Bill Gallenstein
USAF Veteran
Zephyrhills FL 33541 USA
A very proud cold war USAF veteran remembers you on this day. My God bless you and your family always. I salute you, Thank you.
Jun 18, 2007 |
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Garnet Jenkins
Just passing by...
Grand Junction, Co.
In Rememberance, of a Fallen, Hero
Remembering, Maj., Robert Lloyd Abernathy, with a Multitude of Thanks, for his Many, Years, of Service and Dedication, to our Country and for Freedom. Rest well and know, that you will, NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. I'am the sister, of such a young hero, who made the Supreme Sacrifice, in Vietnam, 1967.... Oh, I have slipped, the surly bonds, of earth And danced the skies, on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've, climbed and joined the tumbling mirth, Of sun-split clouds -- and done, a hundred things... And while, with silent, lifting mind I've trod, The high untresspassed, sanctity, of space.... Put out, my hand and touched the face, of God.
Sep 3, 2006 |
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Bartholomew Di Virgilio
WORE HIS MIA., BRACLET
6806-10TH, AVE.,
BROOKLYN, NY., 11219, USA
UNKNOWN FRIEND
TO MAJOR, ROBERT LLOYD ABERNATHY AND HIS FAMILY, MY NAME IS, BARTHOLOMEW DI VIRGILIO, BUT EVERYBODY CALLS ME, (CHIPPY) I WAS 17, YEARS OLD, WHEN I, RECEIVED ROBERTS BRACLET. I WAS, AT THE TIME A JUNIOR, IN HIGH SCHOOL. I REMEMBER, THAT I ALWAYS WORE, HIS BRACLET AND WAS PROUD, TO LET EVERYONE WHO ASKED ME, WHAT I WAS WEARING, TELLING THEM WHY I WAS WEARING, THE BRACLET. I REMEMBER COMING HOME, ONE DAY AND MY MOTHER, FATHER AND AUNT, HAD SOMETHING TO TELL ME. EVEN THOUGH, I DID NOT KNOW ROBERT PERSONALLY, I WAS SO SAD TO HEAR, THE NEWS. I WAS CARRYING HIM IN MY HEART, FOR SO LONG, I FELT LIKE I LOST, A BROTHER. I'AM NOW 52, YEARS OLD, MARRIED, WITH FIVE DAUGHTERS, MADELINE, 25, WHO IS A CATHOLIC, SCHOOL TEACHER, ROSEMARIE, 23, WHO IS A SCHOOL, GUIDENCE COUNSELOR, FOR SMALL CHILDERN, JENNIFER, 21, WHO IS, IN ST. FRANCES COLLEGE AND WILL, BE A HIGH SCHOOL, MATH TEACHER, LORETTA, 18, IS IN SISTERS, OF CHARITY, NURSING SCHOOL AND OUR LITTLE SURPRISE, FROM GOD, NANCYROSE 7, MY WIFE NANCY, IS ALSO, A CATHOLIC, SCHOOL TEACHER, KINDERGARTEN. I HAVE BEEN WITH THE US., POSTAL SERVICE, FOR 30, YEARS AND A SUPERVISOR, FOR THE LAST 14, YEARS. I THINK OF ROBERT, OFTEN AND WAS HAPPY, TO BE ABLE TO FIND ROBERT, THOUGH THE INTERNET, WWW.THEWALL, MY HOME PHONE IS, 718-680-9122. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR, FROM ANYONE, WHO READS THIS. I JUST LIKE YOU, TO KNOW, THAT SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE, HAS NOT AND WILL NOT, EVER FORGET MAJOR, ROBERT LLOYD ABERNATHY. HE IS ALWAYS, IN MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. I WIIL HAVE A DEVOTIONAL CANDLE, BURNING, FOR HIM, AT REGINA PACIS, CHURCH, BY THE STATUE, OF THE HOLY MOTHER FOR CHRISTMAS. HIS UNKNOWN FRIEND.
Thursday, December 23, 1999 |
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Kimberly Kimmel-Ober
kimabmitz@earthlink.net
admirer
Encinitas, California, United States, of America
For MAJ/04, Robert Abernathy and all those, who knew him and loved him, I just want, to say thank you, for your dedication and sacrifice! Please know, that you have, not been forgotten and always will hold, a special place, in my heart! It would have been nice, to have known, you, as a person and I greatly, appreciate your service! I just wish, you did not, have to pay so high, a price! You forever will, be a hero, in my eyes!
Monday, September 03, 2001 |
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