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FRANK DAVID ADAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 5, 1950 – August 8, 1968
Service recordFrank David Adams, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 28
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 5, 1950
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 28
- MARSHALL DAVID WOLFORDCorporal · August 7, 1968
- CHARLES DENNIS BARTLETTSpecialist Five · August 8, 1968
- RONALD DEAN BUSBYSergeant · August 8, 1968
- LEE TILSON CLARKECorporal · August 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- REESE CURRENTI ELIA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 29
- GERALD PETER GATEWOODSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 29
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.