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CARL TURNER ADAMS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 9, 1922 – March 16, 1968
Service recordCarl Turner Adams, of Dimmitt, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 64
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 9, 1922
- Home of record
- Dimmitt, Texas (Castro County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1968
- Age
- 46
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 64
- DOUGLAS ROBERT MOHRMANNLance Corporal · March 15, 1968
- DAVID REESE YOUNG JRSecond Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- STEPHEN HAMILTON ADAMSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- JOHN BERNARD AHERNSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
From Dimmitt
- GEORGE ELTON WALLAirman · July 29, 1967
- AMELIO NINOCorporal · June 4, 1968
- RUSSELL EUGENE SLOUGHCaptain · June 24, 1970
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.