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DENNIS MICHAEL ADAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 15, 1947 – February 28, 1969
Service recordDennis Michael Adams, of Andalusia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 87
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Andalusia, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 87
- RONALD PETER YUHASPetty Officer Third Class · February 27, 1969
- LYLE DAVID ZACHERPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1969
- RONALD JOSEPH ALLENPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- MARVIN DONALD BARNESStaff Sergeant · February 28, 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.