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TERRANCE DEAN ADAMS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 1, 1942 – January 30, 1966
Service recordTerrance Dean Adams, of Waco, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 30, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 117
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 1, 1942
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 117
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- ALLAN JAMES WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- THOMAS DARRELL WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- SAMMIE LEE BEDWELLPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 1966
- RONALD CARL FORSBACHPrivate First Class · June 26, 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.