DeathWhile serving in the military, Abernathy had been admitted into the 103rd Evacuation Hospital in Goettingen, Germany for a wound on April 1945 that would be his demise. He had been admitted to the hospital because there was a penetrating wound in the left side of his chest from a machine gun that caused his death. The penetrating wound was later sutured, and Abernathy was pronounced as dead in April 1945 dying in Goettingen, Germany. It was found that the penetrating wound found in Abernathy’s chest did not result from an in-battle incident. Abernathy was discharged from the military under the category “duty” and his length of service was recorded to be 2 years and 6 months long. Post-DeathAfter the war was over, Raiford W. Abernathy along with the other war casualties was awarded the Purple Heart which commemorated his commitment to the war cause. At the time of Raiford W. Abernathy’s death he was survived by his wife Bessie Dunlap Abernathy and his son James Raiford who, according to Bessie Abernathy’s “Request for Disposition of Remains” document, was still under the age of 21. Abernathy along with all of his siblings and their children except for Robert E. Abernathy who had died in 1930. In a letter from Quartermaster General Thomas B. Larkin to Bessie L. Abernathy, Bessie on 1946, Bessie was informed that the cemetery that Raiford Abernathy was buried in was ten miles west of Aachen, Germany and was under constant care and supervision by the United states military personal. A future letter from Larkin to Bessie Abernathy informed that the remains of Raiford were placed into a grave with his funeral rights on March 1st, 1949. According to the inventory conducted on the remains of Raiford W. Abernathy it was revealed that Abernathy was in possession of a pipe, cigarette lighter, pocket watch, pencil, wallet, pictures, and a souvenir coin. The money from the wallet was turned into Captain E.F. Clark.
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