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OLEY NEAL ADAMS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 27, 1937 – June 17, 1966
Service recordOley Neal Adams, of Green City, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 17, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 12 AEM SQ
- Born
- June 27, 1937
- Home of record
- Green City, Missouri (Sullivan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 55
- MICHAEL WATERSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- ROBERT ALEXANDER CAIRNSStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- CURTIS DAVID COLLETTEPetty Officer Second Class · June 17, 1966
From Green City
- JAMES LESLIE DOWNINGSpecialist Five · November 6, 1969
- MARTIN ROGER LLOYDSpecialist Four · May 8, 1971
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.