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WALTER LEE ADAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 27, 1946 – June 10, 1967
Service recordWalter Lee Adams, of Mcintosh, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 82
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Textile Repairman (43J)
- Born
- December 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Mcintosh, Alabama (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1967; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 82
- WILLIAM EVERETT TYREEStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1967
- LARRY WILL BLOODSWORTHSpecialist Four · June 10, 1967
- GREGORY CLEVELAND COINLance Corporal · June 10, 1967
- RICHARD PAUL GLAUDECorporal · June 10, 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.