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THURMAN ADAIR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 21, 1917 – December 18, 1966
Service recordThurman Adair, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 57
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 21, 1917
- Home of record
- Ardmore, Oklahoma (Carter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1966
- Age
- 48
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 57
- REGINALD MICHAEL THOMASPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JACK LEROY WILBURSpecialist Four · December 17, 1966
- DARRELL WAYNE WILSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- WILLIE LEWIS BROOKSPetty Officer Third Class · December 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MARK LEO ENGLISHSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 58
- LEON VINCENT FOXPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 58
- ALBERT JOSEPH MCAULIFFEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 59
- JOEL WILLIAM MCDONNELLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13E, Line 59
From Ardmore
- JOHN TROY EVANSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1967
- CLARENCE LEE SHAWSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- ANTHONY RONALD WATKINSSecond Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
- THOMAS CECIL VAUGHANSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- PHILIP FALCONA GAINESPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- JERRY DON DEWBERRYLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- DONALD LAVOYCE BRIGHTMANSpecialist Five · June 15, 1969
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.