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EDGAR GREGORY MCADAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 22, 1949 – March 15, 1969
Service recordEdgar Gregory McAdams, of Daphne, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1969, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 47
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Daphne, Alabama (Baldwin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; four of them were lost in Chuong Thien Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 47
- BRIAN FRANCIS MCCARTHYSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
- JOHN MCMANUSSergeant · March 15, 1969
- MICHAEL L PADDOCKCorporal · March 15, 1969
- RONALD LEE PEARLSergeant · March 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SIMEON JOSEPH A BERGERONSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 42
- JEFFREY LYLE WHYNAUGHTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 46
- JOHN WILLIAM PRICESpecialist Five · Panel 29W, Line 48
From Daphne
- JAMES DANIEL SCHOOLEYSergeant · March 20, 1971
- JIMMY P BLACKSergeant · May 13, 1975
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.