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DALLAS TYLER ADAIR JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 24, 1943 – April 26, 1968
Service recordDallas Tyler Adair JR, of Mesa, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Mesa, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 13
- ANJELO JOSEPH APRILLIANOSpecialist Six · April 26, 1968
- ELDON ALLEN BAKERSergeant · April 26, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BALITCHIKSeaman · April 26, 1968
- GEORGE ROGERS BENNETTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELDON ALLEN BAKERSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 13
- HARRIS LESTER COLLINSCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 15
- WILLIAM F VANDERVORT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 26
From Mesa
- ROBERT ORRIE LONGPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GUY RICHARD REEDPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- BOBBY JOE BAREFIELDPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- JOHN ALLAN RICHPrivate · August 25, 1966
- JERRY TIMOTHY SUTERPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 1966
- JOHN LOUIS CZECHOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- FRANK G HERRERASergeant · May 18, 1968
- ROJELIO OLIVAN MUNOZ IIPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- MERRILL THOMAS GERAGHTYFirst Lieutenant · September 6, 1968
- RONALD JAMES HUELSKAMPPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
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.