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Casualty Info
Home Town Covington
Last Address Covington, Oklahoma
Casualty Date Jun 16, 1966
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Quang Tin (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Saint Peter's Catholic Cemetery - Clinton Township, Michigan
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Details Behind Award
ADAMS, JOHN TERRY Lance Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps Company C, 1st Force Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Rein.) FMF Date of Action: June 15 - 16, 1966
Citation: The Navy Cross is presented to John Terry Adams, Lance Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with Company C, First Platoon, First Reconnaissance Battalion, First Marine Division (Reinforced), Fleet Marine Force, in the Republic of Vietnam on 16 June 1966. Corporal Adams was a member of a reconnaissance team occupying an observation post on Hill 488, Quang Tin Province, deep in enemy controlled territory. During the early morning hours the platoon of eighteen men was subjected to an intense assault by an estimated North Vietnamese unit of battalion size. As the members of his team were withdrawing to a pre-designated defensive perimeter, Corporal Adams braved the withering small-arms fire and returned accurate rifle fire which momentarily slowed the enemy assault force and enabled his companions to reach the relative safety of the defensive position. Firing all his ammunition, Corporal Adams fearlessly charged directly into the assaulting horde and, using his rifle as a club, killed two of the enemy soldiers before he was struck down by automatic weapons fire. Severely wounded, he once again engaged an enemy soldier in hand-to-hand combat and, in a final effort, killed his foe. As a result of his courageous action and fighting spirit, his comrades were able to rally and withstand the onslaught of the numerically superior enemy. Corporal Adams upheld the finest traditions of the United States Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life in the cause of freedom. Authority: Navy Department Board of Decorations and Medals