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KENNETH DALE ADKINS
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 13, 1949 – November 17, 1970
Service recordKenneth Dale Adkins, of Huntington, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 17, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 65
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Huntington, West Virginia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1970; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 65
- DAVID ALLIE SAIDESpecialist Four · November 16, 1970
- CHARLES RAYFORD SELLERSSergeant First Class · November 16, 1970
- NORMAN R STODDARD JRStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1970
- JOSEPH CARTER JRSergeant · November 17, 1970
From Huntington
- GERALD BRUCE ROSESpecialist Five · February 22, 1965
- GLENN MCARTHUR LANEPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1965
- JACKIE L WAYMIRESergeant · January 9, 1967
- EMORY LE ROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- RONALD KEITH NEALPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- JOHNNY MALCOLM JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD EMMERTSergeant · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD CRAFTSergeant First Class · September 25, 1967
- LESTER LEE MEADOWS JRSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- HARON LEE BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
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.