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THOMAS EDWARD ADAMS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 17, 1942 – December 31, 1967
Service recordThomas Edward Adams, of Maybrook, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 6
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 498 MED CO USARV
- Born
- May 17, 1942
- Home of record
- Maybrook, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1967; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “498 MED CO USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 6
- GEORGE JOSEPH WILLIAMSCorporal · December 30, 1967
- MURRAY LAMAR WORTHAMCaptain · December 30, 1967
- GLENN ARTHUR BELCHERMajor · December 31, 1967
- JAMES ARLIA BLANKENSHIPPrivate First Class · December 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CHARLES CHENEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 33E, Line 7
- WILLIAM DELBERT HOLLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 8
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.