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CHARLES HENRY ADAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 31, 1950 – November 14, 1970
Service recordCharles Henry Adams, of Thomasville, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 58
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Thomasville, Georgia (Thomas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 58
- DONALD LYNN VALENTINESergeant · November 13, 1970
- DAVID IRVIN WRIGHTMajor · November 13, 1970
- LEONARD PETER ALLENSergeant · November 14, 1970
- PAUL THOMAS COESergeant · November 14, 1970
From Thomasville
- FRANK THORNTON JRSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- LEROY ELTON JONESSergeant · December 21, 1965
- THOMAS DAVID CAMPBELLSergeant · May 29, 1966
- RALPH E MANNINGStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH PEARSONMajor · August 17, 1966
- TERRY MARTIN RIMESSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- EARL DANIELS JRStaff Sergeant · June 26, 1967
- LAWRENCE ALLEN WHITFIELDSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- JOSEPH HARRISONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- WILLIAM YANCEY HADLEYSergeant · December 4, 1967
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.