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DAVID VERNON ADAMS
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 23, 1948 – January 14, 1969
Service recordDavid Vernon Adams, of Pontiac, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 86
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Pontiac, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1969; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 86
- EDDIE WALLACECorporal · January 13, 1969
- GARY ROBERT WEATHERHEADChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 13, 1969
- DWANE LONNIE ADAMSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- RICHARD ADIUTORISpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DWANE LONNIE ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 86
- RICHARD ADIUTORISpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 86
- CLUSTER LEE BEARFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 87
- MARVIN L MCCULLOUGH JRCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 1
- LYLE THOMAS MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 1
- JOHN MICHAEL OFARRELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 2
- GREGORY LLOYD RICESpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 2
- PAUL AARON STONESergeant · Panel 34W, Line 2
- JOHN EARL WARREN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 3
From Pontiac
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 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.