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JOSEPH BOYCE ADAMS
Seaman · U.S. Navy
July 3, 1948 – August 16, 1968
Service recordJoseph Boyce Adams, of Aiken, South Carolina, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 21
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- July 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Aiken, South Carolina (Aiken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 21
- GEORGE ROGERS ANDERSONCorporal · August 16, 1968
- ROBERT MILTON ARNOLD JRSpecialist Four · August 16, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS BANNA JRPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- DARREL EMERSON BARNHOUSESergeant · August 16, 1968
From Aiken
- JAMES LOUIS DOUSEPrivate First Class · December 24, 1965
- HAROLD PAUL LEAPHARTCorporal · September 17, 1966
- FRANKLIN HAMILTON PENNPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- WAYNE BOYDPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- DWANE LONNIE ADAMSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- ROY GIBSON MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- CHARLES H PARKS JRHospitalman · August 21, 1969
- WILLIAM HUNTER KILBURNPrivate First Class · May 31, 1970
- CLIFTON EUGENE CALLAHANPrivate First Class · February 5, 1971
- CAESAR MURRAYAirman First Class · March 19, 1971
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.