Sergeant First Class Charles Leroy Adkins

1947 - 1968  (20 years)

• Name	Charles Leroy Adkins
  Title	Sergeant First Class
  Born	28 May 1947	Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Feb 1968	Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam
  Buried	Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, District of Columbia, USA   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I246607	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Charles Adkins,   b. 15 Oct 1915, Bethesda, Belmont County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 12 Feb 1999, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Grace Bertha Burkhart,   b. 24 Jan 1919, Sunsbury Township, Monroe County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 29 Nov 1974, Barnesville Hospital, Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA  (Age 55 years)
  Married	Abt 1940
  Family ID	F31372	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Name Charles Leroy Adkins Country Republic of Vietnam Category Non Battle Dead Service Number 292442497 Category of Personnel Active Duty Army Grade Staff Sergeant Military Class Enlisted Personnel Current Status Non Hostile Dead Died While Missing Previous Status Non-Hostile Missing Bonified Major Cause Aircraft Connected Not at Sea Complimentary Cause Unknown or Not Reported Vehicle Type Rotary Wing Aircraft Vehicle Position Passenger Vehicle Ownership Government Date Casualty 05/01/1978 Report Casualty 05/03/1978 Province Quang Nam Coordinates At973733 RVN Report Number 00001 Component Temporary Army of the United States (AUS) Military Occupation Single-Rotor Turbine Observation Utility Helicopter Repairman Army Gender + Marital Status Male Married Posthumous Promotion No Race Caucasian Religion Protestant No Denominational Preference Home City Barnesville Home State Rhode Island or Ohio Date of Birth 470528 Major Organization 1st Cavalry Division Ambulance Date Tour 670806 Previous Country Republic of Vietnam Previous Group Non-Battle Missing Battle Determination 41

  
  

• Sources

  [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com). Sgt Charles Leroy Adkins Birth: May 28, 1947 Death: Feb. 2, 1968, Vietnam Staff Sergeant Adkins had been living in Barnesville, OH when he entered the service and was a member of Troop B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On February 2, 1968, he was a passenger in a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1H) on an administrative trip from Chu Lai to Da Nang, South Vietnam. Contact was lost when the aircraft was 12 miles north of Da Nang. His remains were never recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. Note: cenotaph Burial: Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Honolulu County Hawaii, USA Created by: Finding Family Record added: Jun 02, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 91239604 [S8] Information from an informant - Auskunft eines Informanten - Information d'un informateur. Proposed Change: Staff Sergeant Charles Leroy Adkins (I246607) Tree: Südpfalz / Southern Palatinate Link: http://www.birkenhoerdt.net/getperson.php?personID=I246607&tree=Suedpfalz Description: Prefix Sergeant First Class (Promoted After Declared Missing in Action.) Died: Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam Buried: (I will let you choose, as you're the webmaster.) There're 2 cenotaph memorials for SFC Adkins; 1. Honored on here; Panel 36E - Line 64, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, District of Columbia, USA 2. Courts of the Missing - National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Courts of the Missing is the official name of 'Honolulu Memorial' and its part of and at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Those who's names are listed there aren't buried there, all are the Missing in Action, lost, or buried at sea in the Pacific during WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. While both cenotaph memorials are important, I have listed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 1st, because its the more important of the 2. SFC Adkins is here; www.virtualwall.org/da/AdkinsCL02a.htm and here; www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91239604 Mariner's Knoll Genealogy USA Mariner's Knoll Genealogy USA