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WILLIAM OTHELLO ADAMS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 6, 1949 – May 27, 1968
Service recordWilliam Othello Adams JR, of Greenwood, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 27, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Greenwood, South Carolina (Greenwood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 3
- JERRY LEONARD WILLIAMSPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1968
- EDDIE HUGH ALLENPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- JESSE JAMES ARMWOODSpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- ROLLIN RANDOLPH AUSTINCorporal · May 27, 1968
From Greenwood
- RONALD EDWARD SPROUSEPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- BOBBY RAY CHILDSCorporal · May 6, 1968
- BOBBY GENE STEVENSONStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1969
- CLYDE STANLEY SWEATTSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- JERRY BRYANTSergeant · September 5, 1969
- BILLY LEE COKERPetty Officer Third Class · November 24, 1969
- DANNY ROY MAGAHAPrivate First Class · February 4, 1970
- GREGORY CARLYLE SCHOPERFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1970
- DAVID YELDELLSpecialist Four · May 6, 1970
- DAVID LEE BROOKSCorporal · July 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.