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LEE AARON ADAMS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
July 29, 1938 – April 19, 1966
Service recordLee Aaron Adams, of Willits, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 19, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 122
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 33 TFG SQ
- Born
- July 29, 1938
- Home of record
- Willits, California (Mendocino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 122
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- WILLIAM TERRY MAINPrivate First Class · April 18, 1966
- JOSEPH ORVILLE BROWNCaptain · April 19, 1966
- HENRY LOUIS DEWSpecialist Four · April 19, 1966
- DANA STANLEY FROSTCorporal · April 19, 1966
From Willits
- CLINTON BLAIR FACKRELLSergeant · April 13, 1966
- KENNETH ALLAN BUTLER JRSpecialist Four · July 23, 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.