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SSGT Oley Neal Adams

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SSGT Oley Neal Adams Veteran

Birth
Green City, Sullivan County, Missouri, USA
Death
17 Jun 1966 (aged 28)
Vietnam
Burial
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Memorial Section G Site 180
Memorial ID
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Staff Sergeant Adams had been living in Green City, MO when he entered the service.  He was a member of the 12th Armaments and Electronics Maintenance Squadron.

On June 17, 1966, he was a passenger in a Lockheed Hercules Transport (C-130E) enroute from Cam Ron Bay, South Vietnam to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. About 43 miles northeast of Nha Trang the aircraft exploded and crashed into the South China Sea.

His remains were never recovered.

His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
Staff Sergeant Adams had been living in Green City, MO when he entered the service.  He was a member of the 12th Armaments and Electronics Maintenance Squadron.

On June 17, 1966, he was a passenger in a Lockheed Hercules Transport (C-130E) enroute from Cam Ron Bay, South Vietnam to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. About 43 miles northeast of Nha Trang the aircraft exploded and crashed into the South China Sea.

His remains were never recovered.

His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

Inscription

IN MEMORY OF
OLEY NEAL ADAMS
MISSOURI
S SGT US AIR FORCE
VIETNAM


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  • Created by: Hope
  • Added: Jan 21, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24083198/oley_neal-adams: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT Oley Neal Adams (27 Jun 1937–17 Jun 1966), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24083198, citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Hope (contributor 46790939).