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HUGHIE DARELL ADAMS
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 23, 1920 – January 7, 1964
Service recordHughie Darell Adams, of Houston, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 7, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 40
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- May 23, 1920
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1964
- Age
- 43
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1964. In January 1964, 14 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 40
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- CARL BERG MITCHELLMajor · January 14, 1964
- CHARLES MARTIN HASPERFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1964
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JIMMY LEELAND CROUCHLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
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.