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MICHAEL DUANE ADKINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 23, 1951 – February 13, 1971
Service recordMichael Duane Adkins, of Jamestown, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 101
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
- Track Vehicle Repairer (63H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 23, 1951
- Home of record
- Jamestown, Ohio (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 101
- JOSEPH VENSON MARTINSergeant First Class · February 13, 1971
- JAMES ALBERT MICHAELSergeant · February 13, 1971
- WILLIAM EARVIN PIERCELance Corporal · February 13, 1971
- KENNETH RANDAL PRICECaptain · February 13, 1971
From Jamestown
- RICHARD CORTEZ CARTWRIGHTPetty Officer First Class · November 1, 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.