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HERBERT NORMAN ADAMS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 11, 1945 – May 10, 1966
Service recordHerbert Norman Adams, of Vinings, Georgia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multi-Engine Airplane Repairman (67K)
- Born
- February 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Vinings, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 43
- KEITH ROBERT KNOTTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- FERNANDO OLIVAS MESQUITAPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DICKIE DAVIS TRINKLERSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
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.