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WILLIAM MICHAEL ADAIR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 24, 1945 – January 6, 1970
Service recordWilliam Michael Adair, of Bellevue, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 6, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 6
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- October 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Bellevue, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1970; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 6
- JULIAN ROBLES RODRIGUEZSergeant · January 6, 1970
- CLINTON GEAN RUCKLEPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
- FRANK MARK WALKERCorporal · January 6, 1970
- JAMES FRANCIS WESTPHALCorporal · January 6, 1970
From Bellevue
- EMMETT RAYMOND MCDONALDMajor · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT EVANS WISEFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1967
- QUENTIN DENNIS ZAMBANOSecond Lieutenant · October 15, 1967
- JOSEPH LEE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- WILLIAM LESLIE DAZEY JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DAVID RALF DEVIKLance Corporal · February 10, 1968
- RODNEY GALE FRANKStaff Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- ENRIQUE THOMAS ENRICOSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- BRUCE GORDON GUSTAFSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 1969
- RICHARD DEANE SMITHPrivate First Class · May 25, 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.