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GEROLD JEROME MCADAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 16, 1947 – June 3, 1968
Service recordGerold Jerome McAdams, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 3
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
- November 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 3
- GENE FRANCIS MORRISONStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1968
- MARVIN WINSTON MURRAYCorporal · June 3, 1968
- FRANK JOSEPH NESTICHPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- ANTHONY PAUL OREILLYFirst Lieutenant · June 3, 1968
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 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.