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GEORGE HARTWELL ADAMS
Captain · U.S. Army
October 30, 1946 – April 12, 1970
Service recordGeorge Hartwell Adams, of Binghamton, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Binghamton, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 126
- CLIFFORD LAWRENCE TARBELLSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
- ROBERT LE ROY WADEStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1970
- GARRY WALLACE WARDLance Corporal · April 11, 1970
- BRUCE ELLIS ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · April 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MITCHELL ATCHISONCaptain · Panel 12W, Line 127
From Binghamton
- LAWRENCE GEORGE BROWNLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- JOHN MONKSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- LAWRENCE EVERETT JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 4, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM EDWARDSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD STEIERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES GILLETTEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- EARL LEON CRISSELL JRCorporal · March 1, 1967
- JOHN EDWIN BERNARDSergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBIN DOUGLAS MACLEODPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID PETERSSergeant · September 4, 1967
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.