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LEON HENRY ADAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 18, 1949 – June 9, 1969
Service recordLeon Henry Adams, of El Monte, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 116
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 18, 1949
- Home of record
- El Monte, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 116
- ROBERT ARNOLD WIMERCorporal · June 8, 1969
- ROGER LEE YOUNGLance Corporal · June 8, 1969
- DONALD WAYNE AKINSCorporal · June 9, 1969
- GARY LESTER BARNESSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNIE J CARAWAYPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 118
- ARTHURO CARRASCOPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 118
- PAUL ROBERT EDMONDPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 119
- WILLIAM ROBERT GREGORYSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 120
- LARRY RUFUS JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 2
- BRUNO J MLODZINSKI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 4
- GENE ALLEN MYERSSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 5
- DONALD RAY SMITHSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 8
From El Monte
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 13, 1964
- BENJAMIN BELTRA CASTANEDAStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1965
- RIGOBERTO C CHACONSergeant · July 15, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DYERConstructionman · August 6, 1965
- THOMAS HARRY MAYNARDPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ARLOS CLAYTON WILDERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · May 22, 1966
- CLIFTON E BENNETTSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES STEWARTCorporal · April 1, 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.