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DARRIUS WAYNE ADAMS
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 18, 1949 – May 5, 1968
Service recordDarrius Wayne Adams, of Ivydale, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 42
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Ivydale, West Virginia (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 42
- ROBERT SAMUEL ALLENCorporal · May 5, 1968
- BRUCE RICHARD BACKESSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES BARBERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- FREDERICK ALLEN BARCLAYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE BOUNDSPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 3
- NICHOLAS S CONAXISPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 7
- JOHN W ECKELLSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 10
- RAYMOND LEON GEE JRSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 12
- JOHN ROY KNORRSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 19
- RONALD MIDDLETONPrivate · Panel 55E, Line 21
- MICHAEL STEVEN OSTEENSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 25
- LYNLEY LEE RASHSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 28
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 31
- SAMUEL EUGENE WATKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 34
From Ivydale
- JAMES LEE KEENERCorporal · September 2, 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.