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JAMES EDWARD ADAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 31, 1946 – February 21, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Adams, of Pacoima, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Pacoima, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 68
- I V BOURRAGESergeant · February 21, 1967
- MARVIN RAY COLEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE GELONEK JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN GILMORESpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
From Pacoima
- WILLIAM GARCIASpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LUIS OLMOSPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- RODERICK CHARLES PORTELLOStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1967
- HOWARD DEXTER GERSHENPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- WARREN H SCHROBILGEN JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- RONALD JAMES PERKINSLance Corporal · November 17, 1967
- RAYMOND BARELA PALMAPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- DANIEL JOHN VILLEGASPlatoon Sergeant · February 11, 1968
- JORDAN JAY OZANNEPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- EDUARDO VELOZSergeant · August 5, 1968
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.