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RUSSELL LEE ADAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 16, 1945 – October 23, 1967
Service recordRussell Lee Adams, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 52
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 52
- DAVID MARION LEWISFireman · October 22, 1967
- PATRICK J SUGHRUEWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS TERRY JRPrivate · October 22, 1967
- WAYNE FRANK WHITEMANLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.