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NEIL ADAMS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 27, 1934 – July 30, 1971
Service recordNeil Adams JR, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 118
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Communitions Chief (31G)
- Born
- May 27, 1934
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1971
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Stroke
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1971; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 118
- ROBERT JOHN DIPIETROSpecialist Four · July 29, 1971
- HOWARD LAWRENCE JONESStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1971
- SAMUEL LEE MCAPHEEMaster Sergeant · July 29, 1971
- MANUEL GOMEZGUTIERREZSpecialist Five · July 31, 1971
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.