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EDDIE MARTIN ADAMS
Fireman · U.S. Navy
February 11, 1947 – November 11, 1968
Service recordEddie Martin Adams, of Hadley, Massachusetts, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 11, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 46
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11
- Born
- February 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Hadley, Massachusetts (Hampshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 46
- DONALD NORMAN ALBERTSONPrivate · November 11, 1968
- PHILLIP DENNIS BARGERCaptain · November 11, 1968
- ROBERT BRUCE BARRONPetty Officer Third Class · November 11, 1968
- JAMES EARL BRASWELLCorporal · November 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE HARRISON JRSeaman · Panel 39W, Line 49
From Hadley
- CHARLES HENRY CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
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.