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AUGUSTUS ADAMS
Private · U.S. Army
October 2, 1949 – June 1, 1971
Service recordAugustus Adams, of Gulfport, Mississippi, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 60
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. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Gulfport, Mississippi (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 60
- STEVEN JOHN KEARNSSpecialist Five · May 31, 1971
- CLINTON ALLEN MUSIL SRCaptain · May 31, 1971
- GARY JAMES SHINNSpecialist Four · May 31, 1971
- GEORGE HOWARD GLAWSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT PAUL SANCHEZ JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 64
From Gulfport
- HOWARD RUDOLPH CODYCaptain · November 24, 1963
- MELVIN TYRONE HUNTERSpecialist Four · January 22, 1967
- RICHARD TERRY SMITHSeaman · July 29, 1967
- CLARENCE EARL DRAKESCorporal · September 4, 1967
- SAMUEL M DAVISSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES EDWARDSLance Corporal · October 15, 1967
- WILLIAM GILBERT WILKINSONChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 16, 1967
- JOE LOUIS JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- TAYLOR W FOREMAN JRStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1968
- TERRY NEIL THOMPSONFireman · April 29, 1969
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.