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WILLIAM RICHARD ADAMS
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 9, 1947 – January 19, 1969
Service recordWilliam Richard Adams, of Springfield, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHB 1 BN 92 ARTY 1 FF
- Born
- February 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Springfield, Ohio (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 39
- CLARENCE MCCRANEYPrivate First Class · January 19, 1969
- RONALD EARL MITCHELL JRSpecialist Four · January 19, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE MORELANDLance Corporal · January 19, 1969
- CHARLES ALLEN PRICESpecialist Four · January 19, 1969
From Springfield
- LEROY EUGENE SIMONSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- DONALD RAY BRYANTCaptain · June 27, 1966
- FREDERICK ALLEN WATHENSeaman Apprentice · July 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS BOYD HADDIXCorporal · August 10, 1966
- TERRY LEE WALLSCorporal · November 5, 1966
- STEVEN JACK ADAMSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- CARL FRANCIS MOWERYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- STEVEN RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
- JOSEPH CROSSLEYSergeant · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD RAYMOND BEANLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
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.