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HOSEA DENNIS ADAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 23, 1945 – May 18, 1966
Service recordHosea Dennis Adam, of Monroe, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Monroe, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 79
- DONALD ALLAWAYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- AQUILA BAKERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- CHARLES W BAUMANStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- JERRY W BELLSergeant · May 18, 1966
From Monroe
- RONNIE JOE HERRINGTONCorporal · January 19, 1966
- JAMES ODAS MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- CLAIBORNE LAVELLE SHAWLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- PETER LITTLELance Corporal · November 16, 1966
- TROY BEALINAirman First Class · November 26, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CARMACKSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- BOBBY GAYLE STANFORDPrivate · May 12, 1967
- HARRIS VONZELL DAVISSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- DONALD JACK CROCKERMajor · July 15, 1967
- LESSELL DUNN JRSpecialist Four · October 1, 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.