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JAMES DALE ADKINS
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 22, 1948 – June 8, 1969
Service recordJames Dale Adkins, of Middletown, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 108
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Helper (94A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Middletown, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 108
- GREGORY JOHN WELCHPrivate · June 7, 1969
- LEON WHITEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANCIS ZAHN JRPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- GALE LYNN BARNESPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALAN BROWNSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 109
- IGNACIO L VILLALOBOSSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 115
From Middletown
- CHARLES DELANO SWARTZPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- JACKIE G STANLEYSergeant · June 28, 1967
- RAY DANIEL PENDERGRAFTMajor · July 2, 1967
- STEVEN EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ANDREW RICHARD SMITH JRPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- THOMAS RAY EDWARDSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1968
- MICHAEL OLIVER CASSIDYSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
- CHARLES M KINIYALOCTSCorporal · June 29, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1970
- WILLIAM ERNEST BROUGHTONSpecialist Four · August 20, 1970
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.