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ADAM EDWARD WERSCHING
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 9, 1945 – March 2, 1967
Service recordAdam Edward Wersching, of Collinsville, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 2, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 6
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Collinsville, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 6
- STEVEN JACK ADAMSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- RONNIE DARNELL ADCOXLance Corporal · March 3, 1967
- CHARLES BYRON ALANDTPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- GALEN LEROY ARSENEAUMaster Sergeant · March 3, 1967
From Collinsville
- CHARLES BERNARD LANKFORDStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1963
- ROBERT WILCOX MOODYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- RICHARD LYNN MOOREPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- NORMAN EUGENE THOMASStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1968
- JERRY LEE DODSONLance Corporal · February 25, 1968
- DAVID K DEMATTEISPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- LUCKY GAYLEN WHITEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- EDWARD MONROE SIMPSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- ALVIN LEE EVANOFFSpecialist Four · December 6, 1970
- DAVID PAUL MEYERWarrant Officer 1 · May 7, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.