THE WALL OF FACES

On the remembrance of your 73rd birthday, your sacrifice is not forgotten.

HOOAH

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.

James Dale Adkins
ON THE WALL: Panel W23 Line 108
This page Copyright© 1997-2015 www.VirtualWall.org Ltd.
PERSONAL DATA:
Home of Record: Middletown, OH
Date of birth: 05/22/1948
MILITARY DATA:
Service Branch: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Posthumous Promotion as indicated
Promotion Note: None
ID No: 51802580
MOS or Specialty: 94A10: Food Service Helper
Length Service: 01
Unit: HHC, 4TH BN, 3RD INFANTRY, 11TH INFANTRY BDE, AMERICAL DIV, USARV
CASUALTY DATA:
Start Tour: 05/06/1969
Incident Date: 06/08/1969
Casualty Date: 06/08/1969
Age at Loss: 21
Location: Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Artillery, rocket, or mortar
Status Date: Not Applicable; was not MIA
Status Change: Not Applicable; was not MIA
Repatriated: Not Applicable; was not MIA
Identified: Not Applicable; was not MIA
URL: www.VirtualWall.org/da/AdkinsJD01a.htm
Data accessed: 12/7/2017

James, you were so young when you were taken from us. Although most of your siblings and your parents are gone, you were never forgotten by them or your cousins. Your memory is kept alive and your name is on the Wall in the Woodside Cemetery in Middletown, Ohio.

DEAR CORPORAL ADKINS,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A FOOD SERVICE HELPER. EVERY MOS IN VIETNAM WAS A COMBAT ROLE. REST IN PEACE.