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FRANK HOUSTON ADAMS
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
November 3, 1939 – March 23, 1970
Service recordFrank Houston Adams, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 23, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 34
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- November 3, 1939
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1970
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 34
- KERMIT W HOLLAND JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1970
- EHRHARD HANS KONRAD POHLSergeant · March 22, 1970
- JOHN WILBUR SAMS JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1970
- RONNIE EDWARDS ASHSergeant · March 23, 1970
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 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.