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DONALD BRUCE ADAMSON
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 28, 1940 – February 23, 1966
Service recordDonald Bruce Adamson, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 28, 1940
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 63
- DAVID WAYNE UTLEYPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- WILLIAM ORLANDO ALLENStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD BROOKSPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM H COBURNPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 64
- CHARLES RICHARD DALESergeant · Panel 5E, Line 64
- CHARLES E DYSON JRSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 65
- HONDAH DOVE ELPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 65
- MATTHEW HOUGHStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 65
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 65
- DALMER DOLAN JUREKSergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 66
- WINSTON MORRISPrivate · Panel 5E, Line 66
- ISAIAH MULWEE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 66
- PATRICK CHRISTOPHER NEVINSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 67
- TOMMY L NICHOLASPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 67
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 67
- KENNETH ALDERSON REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 68
- FRANKIE SANCHEZSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 68
- JIMMY CLYDE SEXTONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 68
- MARSHALL R SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 68
- WILLIAM JAMES STEPHENSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 69
- PAUL JOHN STOCHAJSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 69
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 69
- MARVIN JAMES WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 69
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- HARVEY LYN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
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.