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MICHAEL DRUE ADAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 12, 1950 – February 20, 1969
Service recordMichael Drue Adams, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 63
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 12, 1950
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 63
- MICHAEL THOMAS ROWECorporal · February 19, 1969
- MACK HOUSTON WILHELMPetty Officer Third Class · February 19, 1969
- ROBERT G WIMPSergeant First Class · February 19, 1969
- HOWARD EUGENE WRIGHTPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- QUENTON LEE CHRISTENSENSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 64
- MARVIN ANDREW DEVAULTCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 64
- EARNEST LEE KAUFFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 65
- BILLIE JACK MCCLUREPrivate · Panel 32W, Line 66
- JUNIOR FLOYD RONIGERSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 67
- LARRY THOMAS ROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 68
- HERBERT HOLLINGE STAUFFERSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 68
- ALLEN CALVIN YEOMANS IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 69
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
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.