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THOMAS ARTHUR MCADAMS
Captain · U.S. Army
September 20, 1941 – February 28, 1969
Service recordThomas Arthur McAdams, of Liberty, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 95
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 20, 1941
- Home of record
- Liberty, Texas (Liberty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 95
- GERALDO MARQUEZSergeant · February 28, 1969
- JERRY SYLVESTER MCDONALDSergeant · February 28, 1969
- BURT JOSEPH MEYER JRSpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- STEVE MIRICK JRPrivate · February 28, 1969
From Liberty
- EMMITT JAMES WILKEY JRGunnery Sergeant · September 8, 1966
- RONALD GENE PHEARSWarrant Officer 1 · April 4, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY BARTONStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT LEE HAMILTON JRCorporal · September 28, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE MARTINPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- NELLO BALDWIN JRCorporal · January 7, 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.