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DAVID LEE ADAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 10, 1946 – May 31, 1967
Service recordDavid Lee Adams, of Adrian, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Adrian, Michigan (Lenawee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 20
- HERVEY HARRIS ALLENPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- PETER MICHAEL APODACASpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- RANDALL ARBOGASTSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- HAROLD A BEAVERSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HERVEY HARRIS ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 20
- TEDDY REX DUNNSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 22
- CHARLES WILLIAM KRUEGERPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 23
- WILLIAM WALLACE MONEYSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 23
- DENNIE NEACESergeant · Panel 21E, Line 24
- JAMES EDWARD RICKERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 24
- JERALD ANTHONY VOKISHPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 25
From Adrian
- G LYLE STETTENSpecialist Four · January 11, 1967
- WAYNE JACOB GAUTZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT DAWSONSecond Lieutenant · October 27, 1967
- HUGH DON SCOTTCorporal · November 18, 1967
- FLOYD ALLAN HYDERCorporal · November 21, 1967
- ALLEN LANE WINTERSSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- DALE L E DAVISSergeant · February 15, 1968
- GEORGE LEE CARRPrivate First Class · July 28, 1968
- MICHAEL KELLY THOMPSONCaptain · March 21, 1969
- DUANE RICHARD KEILSergeant · July 3, 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.