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ARTHUR LLOYD ADAMS JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
November 11, 1946 – August 23, 1968
Service recordArthur Lloyd Adams JR, of Loveland, Colorado, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 36
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Builder (BU)
- Born
- November 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Loveland, Colorado (Larimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 36
- ROBERT MATTHEW WORSHINSKISergeant · August 22, 1968
- DAVID LEO WRIGHTLance Corporal · August 22, 1968
- BILLY EDWARD YARBROUGHCorporal · August 22, 1968
- TALMADGE HORTON ALPHIN JRStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1968
From Loveland
- PETE ANTHONY VALASQUEZStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1965
- DONALD WARREN CONN JRLance Corporal · June 9, 1966
- ARLON GLENN SCHAEFFERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1968
- FLOYD DALE KETELSSergeant · April 1, 1970
- DONALD KEITH OSBORNCaptain · March 23, 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.