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JOHN LOUIS ADAMS
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 4, 1947 – July 11, 1968
Service recordJohn Louis Adams, of Selma, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Selma, North Carolina (Johnston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 52W, Line 13
- EDWARD CHARLES VANOVERLance Corporal · July 10, 1968
- LEMON WALLACE JRPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- ADOLPH WILLIAM ALBRECHTCorporal · July 11, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBERTSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EARL BLAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 14
- RONALD JOE TEBBESergeant · Panel 52W, Line 17
From Selma
- PERCY EARL WATSONPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- CHARLES GORDON THORNECaptain · February 13, 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.