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MICHAEL THOMAS ADAMS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
March 28, 1943 – May 4, 1969
Service recordMichael Thomas Adams, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 4, 1969, in Laos, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 109
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- March 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1969. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 26W, Line 109
- EARL PATRICK SNOWSpecialist Four · May 3, 1969
- LEMUEL EBB TERRELLSergeant · May 3, 1969
- GARY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · May 3, 1969
- CHARLES HYMAN BESTPrivate · May 4, 1969
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 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.