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ADRIAN LEROY DELCAMP
Major · U.S. Army
June 27, 1933 – March 4, 1968
Service recordAdrian Leroy Delcamp, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Fa Unit Commander (71193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 27, 1933
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 42E, Line 63
- THOMAS GLENN DEFOSSEPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- CHARLES CLIFFORD DUNNPrivate · March 4, 1968
- BERNARD JOHN FLEMINGLance Corporal · March 4, 1968
- WILLIE FRANK FOSTERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM ABERNATHYSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 59
- TERRENCE WILLIAM ACHORPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 60
- PRENTIS BARNEY BOYKIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 61
- WILLIE FRANK FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 63
- GARY DODDS HALLSpecialist Five · Panel 42E, Line 64
- ROBERT EUGENE JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 66
- DONNY RAMON KIDDChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 42E, Line 67
- ROBERT W KOIVUPALO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 67
- WILLIAM PAUL MASONPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 68
- ROBERTO PENA RIOSPrivate · Panel 42E, Line 71
- JEREMIAS ROMANPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 71
- ROBERT HARVEY WALKERSpecialist Five · Panel 43E, Line 2
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.