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ROBERT JAMES ADAMS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 13, 1945 – July 25, 1970
Service recordRobert James Adams, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1970, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 50
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 50
- WILLIAM LELON SAWYER JRSpecialist Four · July 24, 1970
- GREG DOUGLAS STEVENSONSpecialist Five · July 24, 1970
- JOHN ANTHONY SUNIGA JRPrivate First Class · July 24, 1970
- WILTSE LEE WEBERCaptain · July 24, 1970
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.