CARL E ADKINS
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HONORED ON PANEL 31E, LINE 42 OF THE WALL

CARL EDWARD ADKINS

WALL NAME

CARL E ADKINS

PANEL / LINE

31E/42

DATE OF BIRTH

01/08/1947

CASUALTY PROVINCE

BINH DUONG

DATE OF CASUALTY

12/06/1967

HOME OF RECORD

INOLA

COUNTY OF RECORD

Rogers County

STATE

OK

BRANCH OF SERVICE

ARMY

RANK

SP4

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REMEMBRANCES

LEFT FOR CARL EDWARD ADKINS
POSTED ON 4.19.2021
POSTED BY: john fabris

do not stand at my grave and weep

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.

As long as you are remembered you will always be with us.
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POSTED ON 9.27.2020

Ground Casualty

SP4 Carl E. Adkins was a clerk-typist serving with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. Despite a rear echelon MOS (military occupational specialty), SP4 Adkins was deployed in the field with the rest on his company, carrying a weapon and occasional radio, and participating in search and destroy operations in the jungles north of Saigon, RVN. On the evening of December 5, 1967, Adkins was part of a squad-sized ambush patrol. The team spent an uneventful night a few hundred yards outside the company’s night defensive position (NDP). The following morning, Adkins was sharing a cigarette with the radioman and medic when the pin in a M26A1 grenade he was carrying in a pouch on his chest came free. The grenade detonated, the explosion knocking all three men off their feet. Because there were other grenades hanging outside the pouch, the frags were blocked from hitting the other two men. They were mostly unscathed by the blast; however, Adkins was killed instantly. The patrol radioed to the company commander what happened, and a body bag was brought to their location. Adkin’s remains were placed in it, and he was carried back to the NDP and later removed from the field by helicopter. The company was not in a position to conduct a memorial service and resumed their patrol. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and information provided by Fred Stetson (July 2020)]
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POSTED ON 1.8.2020
POSTED BY: Malli

Carl

Carl........Honoring you on your birthday......Never forgotten....God Bless
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POSTED ON 1.8.2020
POSTED BY: Dennis Wriston

I'm proud of our Vietnam Veterans

Specialist Four Carl Edward Adkins, Served with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, United States Army Vietnam.
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POSTED ON 8.2.2016
POSTED BY: Lucy Conte Micik

Remembered

DEAR SPEC 4 ADKINS,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A CLERK-TYPIST. A FRIEND WANTED TO DO WELL ON HIS INDUCTION TEST SO HE COULD HAVE THIS MOS. HE GOT ARTILLERYMAN. BUT, ANYONE IN VIETNAM COULD MAKE THE ULTIMATE SERVICE, AS YOU DID. WISH IT WASN'T SO.
REST IN PEACE.
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