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THOMAS EDWARD ADAMS
Seaman · U.S. Navy
November 5, 1945 – February 27, 1969
Service recordThomas Edward Adams, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 75
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- November 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1969; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 75
- RAYMOND CHARLE MROCZYNSKISergeant First Class · February 26, 1969
- DANIEL ALBIN WIDOMSKIFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 1969
- WILLIAM BERNARD WILSONSergeant · February 26, 1969
- MARVIN DOUGLAS AVERYPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1969
From Topeka
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- RICHARD NORMAN PAYNELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 1967
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.