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CLARENCE CLIFTON ADAMS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1948 – February 11, 1969
Service recordClarence Clifton Adams, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 10
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 10
- DONALD MILLARD ASHTON JRCorporal · February 11, 1969
- MACARIO S BANDASpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM BENNETTCorporal · February 11, 1969
- DUANE ALFRED DEVEGASergeant · February 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD MILLARD ASHTON JRCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 10
- THOMAS WILLIAM BENNETTCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 10
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.