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RONNIE LEE ADAMS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 13, 1943 – February 13, 1968
Service recordRonnie Lee Adams, of Iowa Park, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 16
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Iowa Park, Texas (Wichita County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 16
- MAX RUSSELL BEAVERPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER ALBERTINICorporal · February 13, 1968
- LARRY ANDERSONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- FRANCIS IGNATIUS ARNETTSergeant · February 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LESTER EDWARD SMART JRSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 26
- KELLYNN VAL SNOWPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 26
From Iowa Park
- CHARLES DONALD ROBYColonel · February 15, 1967
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.