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RICHARD LYLE ADAMS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 28, 1945 – November 8, 1969
Service recordRichard Lyle Adams, of Florissant, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 44
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
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Florissant, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 44
- DAVID RUSSELL JACKSONSergeant · November 7, 1969
- NATHANIEL JULIUS RILEY JRPrivate · November 7, 1969
- GREGORY P RUGENSTEINSergeant · November 7, 1969
- RICHARD SHIRMANGFirst Sergeant · November 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD WARREN GIBSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 45
- KENNETH LEE HENKESpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 45
- GERALD SAUERSSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 47
- ANDREW BOWMAN SEXTONPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 47
- ARIEL JAMES SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 48
- RODNEY CARL TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 48
From Florissant
- THOMAS MICHAEL NOWACKPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- KENNETH GENE BLANTONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LOUIS FERDINAND KEEVENChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 4, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM MURPHY IIICorporal · March 10, 1968
- JAMES DAVID AMESSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD DELASSUSSergeant · September 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL WEICHECorporal · January 31, 1969
- CHARLES FRANCIS PREVEDELSergeant First Class · April 17, 1969
- GREGORY RAYMOND VOGLERSpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- MICHAEL GENE FREYPrivate First Class · July 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.