Captain Adams was a member of the New Mexico Air National Guard of the U.S. on active duty. The 188th was activated in January 1968, I believe, and they deployed to Vietnam in June. Mike officially began his tour on June 4, 1968. He had completed 11 months of his tour when he was shot down over Laos, in the vicinity of Ban Nathom Mai, 40 miles west of the De-Militarized Zone (DMZ) between North Vietnam and the Republic of Vietnam. The 188th lost 4 F-100s; 2 were shot down and one pilot rescued. In January 1969, Colonel (then Major) Bobby Gene Neeld and Captain (then 1Lt) Mitchell Sim Lane were diverted from Tuy Hoa and were never seen again. They think it was a mid air collision of F-100C tail number 54-2030 and tail number 54-2051 22 miles NNE of Phan Rang Air Base. Pictures of he and his aircraft. The photo taken below right was his last mission shortly before he was hit and killed. - - - The Photos and Information Above Provided October 2014 by James P. Adams, Brother At the time of his death, Captain Adams was survived by his mother Nora E. (1920-2001) and father Michael D. Adams, Jr. (1918-2001), living on Flower Place NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was also survived by his brother James. Capt Michael Thomas Adams was buried in Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico as are his mother Nora C. and father Michael D. Adams, a World War II Navy Veteran). - - The Virtual Wall, July 02, 2018

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