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IAN WILLIAM ADAMITZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 23, 1947 – December 14, 1967
Service recordIan William Adamitz, of Opa-Locka, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 89
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Opa-Locka, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 89
- RICHARD DALE JENKSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 13, 1967
- SIM SMEDDLEY STEVERSONPlatoon Sergeant · December 13, 1967
- KENNETH R STUBBLEFIELDPlatoon Sergeant · December 13, 1967
- JAMES GOODWIN WHALEYSpecialist Four · December 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERALD FREDERICK DELOOZEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 91
- PHIL JACKSON DICKENSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 91
- HOWARD L DOYLESecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 91
- BILLY LAMAR GODFREYSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 91
- RICHARD DARRELL HARRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 91
- JAMES LEE MILLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 93
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER NEDERLKSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 93
- DONALD CARL NELSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 93
- STEPHEN WILLIAM PICKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 94
- RAYMOND EDWARD STONE JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 94
- ELIJAH WATERSPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 95
- DONALD CLYDE WILLISPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 95
- JAY L WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 95
- ELLSWORTH SWANNPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 96
From Opa-Locka
- LESTER KEYLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- CHARLES J HOFFMANN IIISpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- MATTHEW OWEN MCKNIGHTFirst Lieutenant · October 18, 1967
- WILLIAM MARK ANDERSONPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- RONALD JAMES RHODESSergeant · March 4, 1968
- JOHNNY LEE PALMERSergeant · March 5, 1969
- JAMES LARRY WALDENCorporal · February 6, 1970
- WILLIAM CLYDE HAGERICHPetty Officer First Class · February 20, 1970
- GREGORY ALLAN TYNESSpecialist Five · April 15, 1971
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.