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CARL ELMUS ADKISON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 31, 1949 – August 12, 1969
Service recordCarl Elmus Adkison, of Gadsden, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 7
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 36 SIG BN 1 SIG BDE
- Born
- May 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Gadsden, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 7
- SAMUEL ABRAMS JRStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1969
- LEONARD LOUIS ALVARADOSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- MARK THOMAS AMANNPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- GREG ALLEN BARKERPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
From Gadsden
- RICHARD DEWAYNE BEARDENPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE MCNABBCaptain · June 27, 1966
- LEWIS CECIL BARNARDSergeant · July 18, 1966
- FREDDIE BEE GLOVERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- JIMMIE BRYSON DENNEYPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD FREEMANSergeant · October 12, 1966
- LEWIS EDWARD MILAMCorporal · March 21, 1967
- RICKY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- CHARLES R LATTAMajor · August 9, 1967
- MELVIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
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.