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JAMES LINDELL ADAMS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 10, 1946 – September 12, 1968
Service recordJames Lindell Adams, of Pittsburg, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 34
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Pittsburg, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 34
- DONALD PAUL ABBIEPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- RICHARD HATHAWAY ARRUDAPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- PHILIP KENNETH BAKERStaff Sergeant · September 12, 1968
- BRIAN PATRICK COLLINSPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY WAYNE JANSENSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 39
From Pittsburg
- RONALD EUGENE BAIRDSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- JAMES DAVID GROSSLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- DENNIS EUGENE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- JERALD LEE LAWPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- BEN OBSENIARES MASADASLance Corporal · August 14, 1968
- WILLARD WAYNE RIGGSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES PHILLIPSLance Corporal · May 15, 1969
- MICHAEL THOMAS MITCHELLSergeant · July 19, 1969
- CLIFFORD NEWTON GREENPrivate First Class · March 21, 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.