Rank: Sergeant
Unit: L Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 18-Sep-1943
Hometown: Idabel, Oklahoma
Marital status: Married to Geraldine Adams, one son, one daughter
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 12-Jun-1961
Start of tour: 30-Oct-1967
Incident date: 14-Jan-1968
Date of casualty: 18-Jan-1968
Age at death: 24
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of illness/injury. Vehicle Crash (MC). Vehicle loss or crash.
Norman Edward Adams died from burns in JAPAN, received in Vietnam on 14 Jan 1968 while passenger of a military vehicle on a combat operation when vehicle exploded and burned.
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Forest Hill Cemetery, Garvin, Oklahoma, USA
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