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SAMUEL ADAMS
Chief Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 2, 1935 – October 31, 1965
Service recordSamuel Adams, of Goldenrod, Florida, served as a Chief Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on October 31, 1965, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 8
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
- Chief Master Sergeant (CMSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mechanical Superintendent (54790)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 6250 SPT SQ TAN SON NHUT
- Born
- August 2, 1935
- Home of record
- Goldenrod, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 31, 1965
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1965; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 3E, Line 8
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- MARVIN ELLIS CURRYSpecialist Four · October 31, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 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.