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JESSE LEWIS ADAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 10, 1949 – November 21, 1968
Service recordJesse Lewis Adams, of Rock Hill, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Rock Hill, South Carolina (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 22
- GERALD DAN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- DANIEL JOHN ALBERTSergeant · November 21, 1968
- DOUGLAS WAYNE ARMSTRONGLance Corporal · November 21, 1968
- JERRY BAKERSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERARD JAMES BLUME JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 23
- JAMES LLOYD BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 24
- HERBERT RAY CURTISSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 24
- JOSEPH RONALD FRANKSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 25
- ARNOLD LEE ROY MULHOLLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 28
- ANTHONY FELIX WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 38W, Line 31
- DONALD RAY WENTZPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 32
From Rock Hill
- CARL E HARRISSergeant · November 15, 1965
- EARL WILLIAM FOSTER JRSpecialist Four · January 17, 1966
- DAVID TUCKERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1967
- LIBERT JAMES WELDON JRPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- CHARLES ELVIN MCDOWELLStaff Sergeant · February 11, 1968
- ANDREW SPRINGSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- CHARLES LEWIS MORGANLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- GAROLD RAY SIMMERSPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- VINCENT NORVELL BANKSPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- JAMES ALVIN CARPENTERPrivate First Class · March 14, 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.