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LEO JOE ADAKAI
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 3, 1944 – August 7, 1969
Service recordLeo Joe Adakai, of Blackfoot, Idaho, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 105
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Blackfoot, Idaho (Bingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 105
- SYLVESTER NELSON JRCorporal · August 6, 1969
- AKKE JANS TIMMER JRSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
- LAWRENCE O WOOLDRIDGESpecialist Five · August 6, 1969
- ROOSEVELT ABRAHAM JRCorporal · August 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROOSEVELT ABRAHAM JRCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 105
- CHARLES LENARD REEFERCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 109
From Blackfoot
- GARY W BITTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- JAMES LLOYD WALKERPrivate First Class · October 30, 1966
- JOHN GILBERT LARSONPrivate First Class · December 30, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSEN SMITHFirst Lieutenant · September 12, 1968
- SHELDON DALE HOSKINSCorporal · October 7, 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.