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ROYCE HORACE ADAMS
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 25, 1936 – April 14, 1969
Service recordRoyce Horace Adams, of Grand Ridge, Florida, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 79
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 25, 1936
- Home of record
- Grand Ridge, Florida (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 79
- LOUIS JOSEPH WEHRHEIMSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
- RONALD HERMAN YOUNGConstructionman · April 13, 1969
- JAMES NORBERT BLAVATSergeant · April 14, 1969
- MICHAEL ROBERT BURNETTEPrivate First Class · April 14, 1969
From Grand Ridge
- RONALD DAVID EDENFIELDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- MARION HENRY STANLEYStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1971
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.