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JOHN ROBERT ADAMS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 31, 1946 – November 8, 1967
Service recordJohn Robert Adams, of Chico, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on November 8, 1967, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 46
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Chico, California (Butte County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 8, 1967
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 29E, Line 46
- ROBERT STEPHEN WALSHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- MELVIN ONEAL WELBORNAirman First Class · November 7, 1967
- JOHN E YOUNGSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- JAMES WARREN ALLEN JRCorporal · November 8, 1967
From Chico
- FLOYD WAYNE STRANGEChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 2, 1967
- GARY RALPH SCHWELLENBACHCorporal · December 27, 1967
- MICHAEL FREDERICK WALKERPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- ALLAN DEAN MASTELLERSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- GARY DENNIS HOLTONSpecialist Four · July 3, 1968
- TODD LOUIS WOODSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- HARRY DANIEL SARAKOVPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- GEORGE FRANCIS TALKENLieutenant Commander · August 2, 1969
- ROY VERNON RAWLINSergeant · August 11, 1969
- ROBERT GLENN HARTMANFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 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.