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WILLIAM ADAMS JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1947 – April 19, 1968
Service recordWilliam Adams JR, of St Albans, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 44
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 1 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 4, 1947
- Home of record
- St Albans, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 44
- LEE CHESTER ADAMSPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- DONALD RAY ALLENLance Corporal · April 19, 1968
- CHARLES C BEARDPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- DOUGLAS RANDOLPH BLODGETTStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1968
From St Albans
- COLEY LOUIS WASHINGTON JRLance Corporal · April 12, 1966
- WILLIAM MCKINLEY BALDWINSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- HERBERT SHERRILLSergeant · June 29, 1967
- SAMUEL LEE DASH JRPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- DONALD CALVIN BROWNSergeant · January 12, 1968
- BERNES EDWARD BURRISSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD DOLVINSergeant · June 18, 1969
- JAMES FINNEY JRStaff Sergeant · August 3, 1970
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.