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WOODROW WILLIAM ADAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 3, 1950 – February 22, 1969
Service recordWoodrow William Adams, of Amityville, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 22, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 75
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
- November 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Amityville, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 75
- WILLIAM JOHN ALLENSergeant · February 22, 1969
- HOY EARL CHUI MUN AUPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT BAIRD JRLance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- LARRY JOE BOEHMPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
From Amityville
- TYRONE SIDNEY PANNELLSecond Lieutenant · November 30, 1965
- EDWARD VINCENT ASIPPrivate First Class · May 8, 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.