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TOM ROBERT ADLER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 10, 1924 – May 23, 1971
Service recordTom Robert Adler, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 52
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 10, 1924
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1971
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 52
- JOHN HENRY GRUBERSpecialist Four · May 23, 1971
- PHILIP DEAN SHARPCaptain · May 23, 1971
- ROBERT KEITH BLOSSERSergeant · May 24, 1971
- RANDALL CHARLES SHORTSpecialist Four · May 24, 1971
- LEONARD OUTLAWChief Petty Officer · March 23, 1972
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.