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WILLIAM CARL ADAMS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1945 – August 23, 1969
Service recordWilliam Carl Adams, of Junction City, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 99
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Junction City, Kansas (Geary County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 99
- PETER LOPEZSpecialist Four · August 22, 1969
- HOWARD FRANKLIN TAYLORSpecialist Four · August 22, 1969
- BENJAMIN T WALANGITANGSergeant · August 22, 1969
- WILLIAM J ZELTNER IIICorporal · August 22, 1969
From Junction City
- JOHN JUNIOR DAVENPORTSpecialist Four · July 31, 1965
- GERALD BRUCE EVANSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- CLIFTON WINNINGHAMPlatoon Sergeant · March 5, 1966
- BERNARD L BLITCHSpecialist Five · September 16, 1966
- DAVE RUSSELL SCOTTSpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
- JAZREAL LEVITE HAYWOODPlatoon Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- MERLIN HERMAN BERGANSergeant First Class · August 12, 1968
- JOHN OLIVER BAUGHMANSergeant · April 19, 1969
- ROBERT LEE HARRISSergeant First Class · September 4, 1969
- JESS H VANWINKLE JRSergeant · September 7, 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.