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FRANK LESLIE ADAMSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 19, 1947 – June 24, 1965
Service recordFrank Leslie Adamson, of Dayton, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 24, 1965, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Dayton, Kentucky (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1965; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 16
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- CHARLES KENNEDY LOVELACEMajor · June 22, 1965
- JOHN EDGAR MOUGIER JRStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1965
- JESSE JAMES JRLance Corporal · June 23, 1965
From Dayton
- FREDRICK E BAUERLE IIISpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- MICKY RAY HIGHLANDERPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
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.