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MICHAEL EUGENE ADAMS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 12, 1946 – September 17, 1968
Service recordMichael Eugene Adams, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Ordnance Trainee (6511)
- Born
- December 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 11
- WILLIAM HENRY WHITEFirst Sergeant · September 16, 1968
- JOHNNY BEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- ARNOLD BRUCE WIMBERLYStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1968
- ERNEST JOHN BAYNESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 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.