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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Dwane Lonnie Adams.

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DWANE LONNIE ADAMS

Private First Class · U.S. Army

August 12, 1947 – January 14, 1969

Service record

Dwane Lonnie Adams, of Aiken, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 35W · Line 86

Position of Panel 35W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
August 12, 1947
Home of record
Aiken, South Carolina (Aiken County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 14, 1969
Age
21
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

Same unit, same day

From Aiken

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.