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JAMES WILLIE ADKISSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 7, 1934 – October 7, 1966
Service recordJames Willie Adkisson, of Boulder, Colorado, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 7, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 54
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 7, 1934
- Home of record
- Boulder, Colorado (Boulder County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1966; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 54
- JAMES EDWARD BIGGSPrivate First Class · October 6, 1966
- HOWARD DALE STROUSEMaster Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- JAMES EUGENE WINDHAM JRSpecialist Four · October 6, 1966
- ROBERT F CHAMBERLAINWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1966
From Boulder
- MANFRED BERTOLD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 19, 1965
- GARY W PLATTStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1965
- LADD ROBERT CONDYSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES LAWLORAirman Second Class · September 4, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT SHAPARDSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- CHARLES FRANK MCGOWENSergeant · May 6, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS PESCHELPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- DONN PETER ZARINASpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- SCOTT THOMAS NELSONWarrant Officer 1 · August 6, 1969
- FRANK MARION STREAMERSeaman · August 9, 1969
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.