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HARLAN FLOYD ADAMS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 16, 1930 – June 21, 1967
Service recordHarlan Floyd Adams, of Salem, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Specialist (71L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 16, 1930
- Home of record
- Salem, Missouri (Dent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 28
- HOWARD LINTON BRITTSpecialist Four · June 21, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARDS CAMPBELLFirst Lieutenant · June 21, 1967
- RONNIE S CATANZARITIPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL HIGGINSLance Corporal · June 21, 1967
From Salem
- GARRY RONALD ELLERMANSergeant · May 11, 1968
- LARRY LEE BROOKSSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
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.