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CHARLES LELAND ADKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 24, 1947 – November 7, 1968
Service recordCharles Leland Adkins, of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Glenwood Springs, Colorado (Garfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 31
- JOEL VRUGGINKSpecialist Five · November 6, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES WELLSCorporal · November 6, 1968
- CHARLES DAVISON BALLOULieutenant Colonel · November 7, 1968
- JOSE DAVID BERMUDEZ JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY PAUL BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 33
- JERRY LEN PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · Panel 39W, Line 35
From Glenwood Springs
- LARRY RUSSELL KENNANNCorporal · June 20, 1968
- MICHAEL FILBERT GONZALESSpecialist Four · November 24, 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.