United States of America
U.S. Air Force · United States 
Captain John Wilburn Adams served in the U.S. Air Force. John served with the 374th Tactical Airlift Wing. John served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. John was married to Janice Adams. John was 31 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Combat Death
Cause
Injury, unspecified
Circumstance
Killed in action
Place
Kontum
Keepsakes
Shared stone
Shared stone
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
1585A: Navigator
KONTUM
1972
Pay grade O03.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
5
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
Section
35
Grave
4195
Also Interred
Janice Adams
In Our Keeping
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John Wilburn Adams
Captain
U.S. Air Force
- 1972
374th Tactical Airlift Wing
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