Colonel Lewis Herbert Abrams
Unit: Marine All Weather Attack Squadron 242
Serial Number: 150222864
Date of Birth: 17-Aug-29
Date of Death: 25-Nov-67
City: Montclair
State: NJ
Colonel Abrams was a member of the Marine All Weather Attack Squadron 242, Marine Air Group 11, 1st Marine Air Wing. On November 25, 1967, he was the pilot of a Grumman Attack Aircraft Intruder (A-6A) on a night bombing raid on the runway at Phuc Yen, North Vietnam when he was shot down near Haiphong. His remains were recovered on April 11, 1995 and identified on June 16, 1997. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
On July 9, 1997, he was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.
The Navy Cross, Purple Heart,
Unit: Marine All Weather Attack Squadron 242
Serial Number: 150222864
Date of Birth: 17-Aug-29
Date of Death: 25-Nov-67
City: Montclair
State: NJ
Colonel Abrams was a member of the Marine All Weather Attack Squadron 242, Marine Air Group 11, 1st Marine Air Wing. On November 25, 1967, he was the pilot of a Grumman Attack Aircraft Intruder (A-6A) on a night bombing raid on the runway at Phuc Yen, North Vietnam when he was shot down near Haiphong. His remains were recovered on April 11, 1995 and identified on June 16, 1997. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
On July 9, 1997, he was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.
The Navy Cross, Purple Heart,
Colonel Lewis Herbert Abrams
Unit: Marine All Weather Attack Squadron 242
Serial Number: 150222864
Date of Birth: 17-Aug-29
Date of Death: 25-Nov-67
City: Montclair
State: NJ
Colonel Abrams was a member of the Marine All Weather Attack Squadron 242, Marine Air Group 11, 1st Marine Air Wing. On November 25, 1967, he was the pilot of a Grumman Attack Aircraft Intruder (A-6A) on a night bombing raid on the runway at Phuc Yen, North Vietnam when he was shot down near Haiphong. His remains were recovered on April 11, 1995 and identified on June 16, 1997. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
On July 9, 1997, he was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.
The Navy Cross, Purple Heart,
Unit: Marine All Weather Attack Squadron 242
Serial Number: 150222864
Date of Birth: 17-Aug-29
Date of Death: 25-Nov-67
City: Montclair
State: NJ
Colonel Abrams was a member of the Marine All Weather Attack Squadron 242, Marine Air Group 11, 1st Marine Air Wing. On November 25, 1967, he was the pilot of a Grumman Attack Aircraft Intruder (A-6A) on a night bombing raid on the runway at Phuc Yen, North Vietnam when he was shot down near Haiphong. His remains were recovered on April 11, 1995 and identified on June 16, 1997. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
On July 9, 1997, he was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.
The Navy Cross, Purple Heart,
Gravesite Details
This memorial is in Court A, Honolulu Memorial, Front, Left Inside Wall, Panel 0 Across - 3 Down, 1st Name.
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