Editing Creighton Abrams (section)

==Personal life==
Born in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]], and raised in the Feeding Hills section of Agawam, he was the son of Nellie Louise (Randall) and Creighton Williams Abrams, a railroad worker.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://3ad.com/history/cold.war/abrams.htm |title=Maj.Gen. Creighton Abrams - 3rd Armored Div. Commander 1960-62 |access-date=2014-02-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140218050756/http://3ad.com/history/cold.war/abrams.htm |archive-date=2014-02-18 }}</ref> Abrams married Julia Berthe Harvey {{nowrap|(1915–2003)}} in 1936. She founded the army group of [[Arlington Ladies]] and devoted time to humanitarian causes.<ref name="MSNBC">{{cite web|last=O'Neill|first=Helen|title=Special lady for each Arlington soldier-Volunteers honor troops and make sure none is buried alone|date=29 May 2010 |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/37416579|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206054801/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/37416579/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 6, 2013|publisher=[[NBC News]].com|access-date=30 May 2010}}</ref>

The Abramses had three sons and three daughters. All three sons became Army general officers, including [[John N. Abrams|John Nelson Abrams]] and [[Robert B. Abrams|Robert Bruce Abrams]].

Abrams converted to [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]] during his time in Vietnam. He was raised as [[Methodist Protestant Church|Methodist Protestant]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Sorley |date=May 30, 2013 |title=The Way of the Soldier: Remembering General Creighton Abrams |url=https://www.fpri.org/article/2013/05/the-way-of-the-soldier-remembering-general-creighton-abrams/ |access-date=October 7, 2020 |website=Foreign Policy Research Institute |language=en-US}}</ref>

A heavy cigar smoker, Abrams died at age 59, eleven days before his 60th birthday at [[Walter Reed Army Medical Center]] in Washington, D.C., from complications of surgery to remove a cancerous lung.<ref name=gabda59/> He is buried with his wife Julia in [[Arlington National Cemetery]].<ref>[https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CgZhYnJhbXMSCWNyZWlnaHRvbg--/ Burial Detail: Abrams, Creighton W (Site 21, Grave S-33)] – ANC Explorer</ref>