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WILLIAM JAMES ADAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 14, 1947 – May 18, 1969
Service recordWilliam James Adams, of Iowa City, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 35
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Iowa City, Iowa (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 35
- EARL RALPH TURNER JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD VANHOYPetty Officer First Class · May 17, 1969
- DAVID WAYNE WILSONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- RAYMOND CHARLES WOODPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY GEORGE BECKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 24W, Line 36
- STEVEN BRIAN CALHOUNSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 37
- JAMES PATRICK CASEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24W, Line 37
- JAMES TERRELL COFERSpecialist Five · Panel 24W, Line 38
- JAMES OLIN FOGLEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 40
- STEVEN RILEY HUFFSTUTLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 43
- KENNETH JOSEPH JOANISPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 43
- ANTHONY JOSEPH ONEILLPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 47
- GEORGE EDWARD TACKETTSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 50
From Iowa City
- FRANCIS LEROY GAULOCHERFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1968
- ELWIN ROY SHAINMajor · July 28, 1968
- THOMAS JEROME DOSTALSecond Lieutenant · August 25, 1969
- VIRGIL MARTIN BIXBYCorporal · July 22, 1970
- KENNETH DALE HAMMELCaptain · July 24, 1970
- DARRELL L HAMLINSergeant · May 13, 1975
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.