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WILLIAM J ADAMS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 29, 1945 – January 6, 1968
Service recordWilliam J Adams, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Intelligence Analyst (96B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 52 ADV TM MACV
- Born
- March 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 55
- JAMES ALVIN BAILEYCorporal · January 6, 1968
- WAYNE SHERWOOD BATESSpecialist Five · January 6, 1968
- TROY CLEVELAND BATTLESPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- ROBERT LEE HILLEYSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
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.