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JOHN TERRY ADAMS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 23, 1944 – June 16, 1966
Service recordJohn Terry Adams, of Covington, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 16, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 50
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Covington, Oklahoma (Garfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 50
- NORBERT GENE SIMMONSSergeant · June 15, 1966
- JAMES CLARENCE WALLACESergeant · June 15, 1966
- NORMAN RAYMOND WILSONPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- CHARLES GORDON WOODSPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
From Covington
- CARL J REIDStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1968
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.