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GEORGE GAYRAL ADAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1945 – April 18, 1968
Service recordGeorge Gayral Adams, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 36
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 36
- RONALD MICHAEL VIVONACorporal · April 6, 1968
- PAUL EDWIN ADAMSSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- MEL ROY BALLARDSergeant · April 18, 1968
- JERRY LEE BOYLESSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- ROBERT JAY HESSPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN ELDRIDGEPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 38
- GILBERT EDWARD BUCHANANSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 39
- MICHAEL PETER HOUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 39
- THOMAS JUNIOR LAWSONSpecialist Five · Panel 50E, Line 40
- ROBERT JAMES SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 41
- JAMES VERDELL SOLOMONSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 41
- FREDERICK DEVILLA WESCOTTStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 43
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.