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WILLIAM RAYMOND ADAMS
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 19, 1948 – October 10, 1969
Service recordWilliam Raymond Adams, of Ramsey, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Ramsey, Illinois (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 60
- TONY MARIA VASQUEZSpecialist Four · October 9, 1969
- DAVID HOWARD BENALLIECorporal · October 10, 1969
- THOMAS FRANCIS BROWN JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 10, 1969
- CHARLES FRANKLIN BURRELLFirst Lieutenant · October 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS FRANCIS BROWN JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 17W, Line 60
- WILLIAM ROLLAND GODFREYSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 61
- ROBERT LANI LAZARUSCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 63
- TED PIERCESpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 63
- LARRY GENE PREWITTSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 64
- JOSE CONTRERAS SALINASSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 64
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.