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DONALD BEN ADAMS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 31, 1940 – July 18, 1967
Service recordDonald Ben Adams JR, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1940
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 84
- THEODORE ELBA WESTBROOKPrivate First Class · July 17, 1967
- GILBERT FLOYD BALLARDPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD BROWNSergeant · July 18, 1967
- WALTER BROWNPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GILBERT FLOYD BALLARDPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 84
- JAY BARKLOW MARTINE JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 87
- STANLEY TOMASZEWSKI JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 87
- JEROME SIMSSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 88
- WASH JUNIOR LINDSAYPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 89
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 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.