DARRIUS WAYNE ADAMS
Company A 1/22 Infantry
4th Infantry Division
DOW 05/05/1968
Age: 18
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Jun 18, 1949
From: IVYDALE, WV
Religion: BAPTIST
Marital Status: Single
CPL - E4 - Army - Selective Service
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Corporal
Note: Posthumous Promotion as indicated
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11B20: Infantryman
Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Mar 21, 1968
Casualty was on May 5, 1968
In PLEIKU, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died of wounds, GROUND CASUALTY
OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
Body was recovered
Panel 54E - Line 42
Darrius Adams
was a former member of D Company 1/22 Infantry
and was Killed In Action during the Battle of Chu Moor Mountain,
approximately 25 kilometers west of Polei Krong, while serving
with A Company 1/22 Infantry.
He was wounded
on April 27 and evacuated to a Military Hospital where
he died from his wounds on May 5.
CPL Darrius W. Adams' decorations
Darrius is buried in the Adams Cemetery in Ivydale West Virginia.
Grave monument for Darrius Adams
Grave marker for Darrius Adams
Photos courtesy of Darrius' brother Garrett Adams.
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