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ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLI
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 18, 1940 – August 18, 1965
Service recordRowland Joseph Adamoli, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 18, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 53
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 AMPH TR BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 18, 1940
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1965; 45 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while Operation Starlite was under way. Operation Starlite (18–24 August 1965), on the Van Tuong peninsula south of Chu Lai, was the first regimental-size U.S. ground battle of the war. Marines attacked the 1st Viet Cong Regiment by helicopter, amphibious landing and on foot. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 53
- NORMAN EDWARD SNODGRASSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1965
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
- JOHN LOWASPrivate · October 2, 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.