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DAVEY MARLIN ADAMS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 23, 1945 – December 12, 1968
Service recordDavey Marlin Adams, of Greenville, Mississippi, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 9
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Greenville, Mississippi (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 9
- ROY JULIAN WEATHERFORD JRLance Corporal · December 11, 1968
- JAMES ONLEY WEAVERCorporal · December 11, 1968
- DENNIS MELVIN WOODStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1968
- JAMES WOODWARDCorporal · December 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36W, Line 12
From Greenville
- LAWRENCE BEVERLY MCCLOUDPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- RANDOLPH DAVISSergeant · November 3, 1966
- ANTHONY THOMASSpecialist Four · February 9, 1967
- ROBERT FRANK QUINNSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- THOMAS MURL JAGGERSCorporal · May 4, 1967
- CHARLES MILTONSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- LEROY WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1967
- THOMAS BARRY ALLENSpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- JAMES NOEL CLEMONSStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1967
- JERRY W ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · January 21, 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.