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RONALD WYATT ADAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 26, 1947 – January 23, 1968
Service recordRonald Wyatt Adams, of Arvada, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 13
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Arvada, Colorado (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 13
- ROBERT LOGAN WICKLIFFEPetty Officer Third Class · January 22, 1968
- JAMES MAYNARD BERGESpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD BLACKMERSpecialist Five · January 23, 1968
- JULIO ALFREDO CALDERONPrivate First Class · January 23, 1968
From Arvada
- DAVID LAWRENCE MANNINGLance Corporal · August 4, 1966
- ROBERT LARRY WESKAMPCaptain · April 25, 1967
- DOUGLAS BLANCHARD PARSONSPetty Officer Third Class · March 18, 1968
- GERALD JOHN BRATRSOVSKYLance Corporal · March 28, 1969
- DAVID LAVERNE GIRARDOLance Corporal · May 3, 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.