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- Name:
- Bennie G. Adkins
- State of Birth:
- OK
- Home State:
- AL
- Gender
- Male
- War or Conflict
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Military Status
- Veteran
- Dates of Service
- 1956-1978
- Entrance into Service
- Drafted
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Unit of Service
- Detachment A-102, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne); 1st Special Forces; 2nd Infantry Division; Army Garrison Communications Command
- Location of Service
- Giessen, Germany; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Huachuca, Arizona; Vietnam; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Sherman, Panama; Fort Bliss, Texas
- Battles/Campaigns
- Battle of A Shau
- Highest Rank
- Command Sergeant Major
- Prisoner of War
- No
- Service History Note
- The veteran earned the Medal of Honor for his service during combat at Camp A Shau, Vietnam from 03/1966.
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- Type of Resource:
- Video: Digital File [1 item] --Oral history interview
- Interviewer:
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Joe Galloway
- Contributor Affiliation/Organization:
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The United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration
- Collection #:
- AFC/2001/001/116195
- Subjects:
- Adkins, Bennie G.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal Narratives
- United States. Army.
- Cite as:
- Bennie G. Adkins Collection
(AFC/2001/001/116195), Veterans History Project,
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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