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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Michael Douglas McAdoo.

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MICHAEL DOUGLAS MCADOO

Private First Class · U.S. Army

February 21, 1951 – December 26, 1970

Service record

Michael Douglas McAdoo, of Pulaski, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 5W · Line 9

Position of Panel 5W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
Born
February 21, 1951
Home of record
Pulaski, Missouri (Ripley County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 26, 1970
Age
19
Province
Phu Yen
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

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Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 5W, Line 9

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.