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JOSEPH ADAMS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 21, 1923 – May 13, 1968
Service recordJoseph Adams, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 17
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1923
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 44
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 17
- RALPH ROLAND BLACKSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- SHERMAN C BRADYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- SAMMY L BREWERPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- OLLIS BREWSTERStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN AUSTIN ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 16
- SHERMAN C BRADYPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 17
- SAMMY L BREWERPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 17
- ALBERT EUGENE DAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 18
- GEORGE COLEMANCaptain · Panel 59E, Line 19
- MOSES JAMES COUSINSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 19
- ROGER JOSEPH DANAPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 20
- JAMES ALBERT DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 20
- JAMES ALLEN DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 20
- WILLIAM DENNIS HANSSENPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 21
- GARY JOSEPH GILINSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 22
- ANDREW L HEIDERPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 23
- JAMES DONALD HESSPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 23
- PAUL RICHARD HOAG JRSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 23
- ROBERT GENE HOOPCaptain · Panel 59E, Line 23
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 25
- MICHAEL JOSEPH JUNEAUSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 25
- JAMES EDWARD MAYSPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 26
- JOSEPH ANGEL MENASpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 26
- RAY WILLIAM OWENStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 27
- PATRICK VICTOR MCNEARNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 28
- ALEXANDER E PRUNKA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 29
- THOMAS F PRZYBELSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59E, Line 29
- WAYNE RICHARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 2
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.