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PHILIP J ADAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 5, 1950 – January 9, 1971
Service recordPhilip J Adams, of Cambria, South Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 38
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Cambria, South Dakota (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1971. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 38
- STEPHEN PAUL KRUGSpecialist Four · January 10, 1971
- JOE HENRY LILLIESpecialist Four · January 10, 1971
- CORNELIUS HERBERT RAMMajor · January 10, 1971
- JACKIE LEE SAWNEYSpecialist Four · January 10, 1971
- JAMES TERRY ABBOTTSpecialist Six · January 11, 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.