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CARROLL EDWARD ADAMS JR
Brigadier General · U.S. Army
June 7, 1923 – May 12, 1970
Service recordCarroll Edward Adams JR, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, served as a Brigadier General in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 21
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
- Brigadier General (BG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- June 7, 1923
- Home of record
- Pawtucket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1970
- Age
- 46
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970; ten of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HHC 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 21
- DANIEL JOSEPH YADOCKCorporal · May 11, 1970
- GLENN ARTHUR ADAMSChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 12, 1970
- JAMES VINCENT BALLAYSergeant · May 12, 1970
- KENNETH DEVON BENNETTSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GLENN ARTHUR ADAMSChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 10W, Line 21
- JAMES HILTON RAWSONSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 28
- STEVEN RAY RENNERSpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 28
- KENNETH FAULKNER ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 28
From Pawtucket
- ANTONIO PAUL MACIMINIOLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- RONALD GERARD PIERCEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- NORMAND AURELE PLANTESpecialist Four · April 28, 1967
- CHARLES YAGHOOBIAN JRFirst Lieutenant · October 14, 1967
- RAYMOND WIL MICHALOPOULOSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- ROBERT WILFRED RENAUDPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- WILLIAM HOWARD MOORE IIISpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JAMES VINCENT CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD OBRIENCaptain · March 21, 1969
- WALTER LEO PRITCHARD JRLieutenant Colonel · April 12, 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.