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RUSSELL BYRD ADAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 6, 1945 – February 9, 1969
Service recordRussell Byrd Adams, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 90
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 90
- JOSEPH ODELL STRICKLANDSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- MANUEL GURROLA ULLOASergeant · February 8, 1969
- CALVIN WAYNE WILKINSLance Corporal · February 8, 1969
- KERRY FRANK WILSONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOE EDD HESTERSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 93
- MILTON ALAN ROSSPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 2
- THOMAS MARTIN NEALSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 3
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.