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NORMAN EDWARD ADAMS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 18, 1943 – January 18, 1968
Service recordNorman Edward Adams, of Idabel, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Idabel, Oklahoma (Mccurtain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 66
- JEFFREY SCOTT AKERHospitalman · January 18, 1968
- CECIL DELBERT BELT JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 18, 1968
- WARREN WILLIAM BOLESLieutenant (junior grade) · January 18, 1968
- MARVIN WHITNER BOWENCorporal · January 18, 1968
From Idabel
- JOHN ENOCH BLACKPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- EDWARD F GUTHRIEFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1968
- SAMUEL FLOYD ROLENPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- JOHNNY RAY PARKERSergeant · March 24, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD PULLEYSpecialist Four · June 14, 1969
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.