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ROBERT LELAND ADAMS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1944 – April 24, 1966
Service recordRobert Leland Adams, of Tarentum, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 130
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Tarentum, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 130
- JOHN PAUL ISAACSPrivate First Class · April 23, 1966
- GERALD BENEDICT KASPRZYKStaff Sergeant · April 23, 1966
- LARRY FRANCIS WIRTSpecialist Four · April 23, 1966
- GEORGE WILSON WOODSON JRPrivate First Class · April 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DONALD L DRYOELSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 131
- JOHN ALBERT FONTAINEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 131
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 131
- ALLEN BRACKINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 132
- HENRY PANGELINAN PEREDASergeant · Panel 6E, Line 132
- RICHARD ANTHONY RECUPEROPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 132
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · Panel 6E, Line 133
From Tarentum
- JAMES GRANT CALLENCorporal · January 15, 1967
- SCOTT MCCLELLAND BURKETTCaptain · October 8, 1967
- GERALD NEAL REMPERPrivate First Class · June 26, 1968
- PATRICK JAMES DUGANSpecialist Four · February 17, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY MARTZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 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.