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PHILLIP CURTIS ADAMS
Private · U.S. Army
May 24, 1950 – May 5, 1970
Service recordPhillip Curtis Adams, of Camden, New Jersey, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 99
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Petroleum Supply Specialist (76W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Camden, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970; three of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 99
- HORACE ANDREWSSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
- LARRY MICHAEL BEAUDETTESergeant · May 5, 1970
- NICHOLAS JOHN BRAICOPetty Officer Third Class · May 5, 1970
- EVERETT LEWIS BROCKSStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HORACE ANDREWSSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 99
- CHRIS ANTHONY MITCHELL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 104
- JIMMY LEE THOMPSONPrivate · Panel 11W, Line 107
From Camden
- SIDNEY COHENStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- GEORGE JOSEPH STEPHENSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM NICKERSONSpecialist Four · December 21, 1965
- WARREN WALTER PFEFFERLEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- EDWARD STEVEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- JOSEPH EVERETT PACKER JRAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- LUIS SANTIAGO SANTIAGOPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JAMES XAVIER GILCHPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- JOHN DAVID SMITHSergeant · August 11, 1966
- GEORGE WILLIAM MILLERPrivate First Class · September 19, 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.