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JOHN K ADAMS
Captain · U.S. Army
December 25, 1939 – March 26, 1967
Service recordJohn K Adams, of Roswell, New Mexico, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (81204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 25, 1939
- Home of record
- Roswell, New Mexico (Chaves County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 48
- CLARENCE WILLIAM MONTGOMERYLance Corporal · March 25, 1967
- IVY THOMAS ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1967
- JAMES CHARLES BATSONPrivate First Class · March 26, 1967
- GODFRED BLANKENSHIPSergeant · March 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS PETER MITCHELLCaptain · Panel 17E, Line 54
From Roswell
- LAVON STEPHEN WILSONSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- CRESENCIO PAUL SANCHEZPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- GERALD SHIELDS SIMONSMajor · August 8, 1966
- JULIUS MITCHELL SANDERSPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH CUMMINS JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- LARRY PAUL CAMPOSSpecialist Four · December 3, 1966
- TRINE ROMERO JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HECTOR MARIO SAENZPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- BENNIE LEE WESTCorporal · September 1, 1967
- WILLIAM COY JONESSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
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.